October 14, 2021 Remembering a friend’s unconventional life: Both his writing and career took many turns I usually don’t write tributes. I’m suspicious of them. Too often, I know the person being featured, and their life stories end up sounding…
October 3, 2021 Sara Stewart feeds and unites a community Sara Stewart’s journey with Unity Gardens is well-known, but it deserves repeating. In 2008, she was a public health nurse and educator when she…
October 2, 2021 My lessons from the softball parking lot The best lesson I learned about retirement didn’t come from a seminar or an AARP Magazine. It came from a guy named Mike who…
September 1, 2021 A deep dive into one collector’s vinyl Years ago, when I had some control over a newspaper page, I was looking for a fun way to get readers involved. I came…
August 8, 2021 The Squabble Sisters can’t stop bickering I suppose a lot of us kept lists last year. I made one, called “Where the Money Is,” so my survivors would know what…
August 1, 2021 Our box of stuff ubi amor ibi oculus Years ago, when my father and I were renovating my first house, we ran into a snag. We had torn…
