A gnarled treeroot near the bank of the Chadakoin. Photo by Sandy Robison.Send us your ''Best Shot'' of unique moments in your family's life. Write clearly your name and address on the back of the photo along with a few details, and mail to The Post-Journal, Best Shots, c/o Family Desk, P.O. ...

Editor's Note: Part eight of the Route 66 column was inadvertently published ahead of part seven in the Oct. 16 edition of The Post-Journal.Our recent trip on Historic Route 66 was the road trip of my dreams and I have been on many road trips! I find these United States to be just as beautiful ...

Sometimes a pretty place is more than a place. Irish poet Seamus Heaney wrote, "I was there. Me in place and the place in me." Place stays with us. It's a part of us. It illuminates memory half a century past. Bemus Point is that kind of place for me. The tourists of summer have gone now. It's ...

I love fall and decorating with Indian corn, and pumpkins and I love the Halloween decorations of jack-o-lanterns, and black cats. If you have pets, though, you need to consider how well your decorations and your pets mix.For instance, I love bittersweet, but bittersweet berries don't love cats ...

I don't like to dance.I'm not very good at it, so maybe that's why I don't like to. When I go to a wedding it is the elephant in the room. I know at some point my wife is going to ask me and I know I can't say "no."When our household decides to sign our life away to a cable provider I feel like ...

Not only do visitors to the home of Noretta and Roger Reynolds find good food, but several interesting conversation starters, as well. The open concept-style house holds a few surprises including the presence of a very large sailfish displayed in the great room, a fish that Roger caught from a ...