Spring is usually a tug-of-war between winter and summer. This year, summer effortlessly dragged Old Man Winter over the line. The hum of bees amidst fragrant flowering trees is magic to the senses. Birds sing for mates. Days lengthen and temperatures are perfect. There’s almost too much ...
We talk about how no man is an island and we’re all in this together and it takes a village to raise a child and so on. And yet... On a frosty morning, I pull my car out of the garage, drive down the street, turn the corner and stop. A figure sits on the curb. He (his clothing suggests a ...
“What! We had an assignment due yesterday!?” “Yes, and it was fifteen percent of your grade. How did you forget?” “I do not know! I made a list of all the assignments that I knew I was supposed to do… but then I left it on the counter and forgot about it.” “I prepped meals ...
Mental health support for children often begins far too late. Many communities focus resources on teenagers or crisis response programs, but emotional and behavioral challenges often begin much earlier in childhood. By the time children reach middle school or high school, they are already ...
Driving north on Washington Boulevard in Ogden, it’s hard to miss the iconic Ogden Arch. It has been there since 1936 announcing during the day, and lit up at night, “It Pays To Live In Ogden.” It was meant to convey that Ogden, at least on the Arch, was named “America’s Fastest ...
Spend a few minutes online and you will find the “tradwife:” Bread on the counter, children in matching clothes, a husband just off-camera, and a nostalgic performance of domestic life. It is more romantic than historical. I just read Wallace Stegner’s “The Big Rock Candy Mountain,” ...
