I locked myself in a bathroom last Saturday. At a funeral. Haven’t we all? My friend, Meredith, held her husband’s service at their charming home. She planned a lovely tribute – the pastor, the catered luncheon, the shuttle service from distant parking. Every detail was considered. But ...

The problem with rediscovering a place from childhood is that it is unlikely to have remained the same. Or it is no longer there at all. Or it has stood unloved for so long, you must look past the faded paint and cracked windows to envision the grandeur again. Heinrich Schliemann, the ...

We’ve just begun the 2023 Season of the National Football League, and I’ve waited a while to post this piece, as I felt this would be the appropriate time to talk about a person whose life legacy was exactly the same as today’s title. Since the Cleveland Browns, (once a storied and ...

I am well aware that the milestone I reach this year is not guaranteed to everyone. My first husband died before he reached retirement age. I have also lost classmates and friends who were “young”. I first felt my age when a dear a friend from church took sick. She weathered the ...

Seeing something fishy in DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), a clever caller to the Dennis Prager Show conveyed a better way to say the acronym: Do Everything Intelligently. Isn’t that common sense? Sadly, nonsense is becoming more common. Admitted to a hospital for an emergency in ...

I know that technically fall doesn’t begin until the autumnal equinox, now a week away. But, for all practical purposes, it has begun already on the lake. After Labor Day weekend, the human footprint dramatically decreases. The boat traffic is down by more than half, the jet skis and ...