President Donald Trump is extending the nation’s shutdown at least until the end of April. He’s largely basing his decision on predictions from the University of Washington that even if the nation sticks to the shutdown, 83,967 Americans will die of coronavirus by early August, including ...

Do you remember your first television? Ours was an Admiral that my great-grandfather had first. It had a large case, but a small screen — I think a ten-inch. We were quite happy with it but then what did we have to compare it to. My great-grandmother and a bachelor uncle had a nice ...

Most people know I have a passion for baseball, but I’m a fan of many other sports too. I was excited for the upcoming Olympic Games. I love watching basketball — college more than the NBA. I love watching hockey, golf, and I’m a huge fan of football as well. My favorite teams are ...

I always thought it was a colloquialism. Once I head the term at all. Or does it truly resonate all the way back to my childhood? I don’t remember any amphibians in North Platte — just sand in that part of Nebraska. I fear California was too densely populated to encourage much of ...

Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical ...

Confession No. 1,039 Topic: coronavirus Dearest Porcelain Goddess, I bow before you, or rather, sit upon you with earnest gratitude for the physical separation you afford me from my children. We are a couple of weeks into our shelter-in-place mandate, but the “in place” aspect seems to ...