“I’m going into the MATRIX,” my son announced. “Or more accurately, I’m getting the matrix out of me,” he laughed. “And I’m just telling you...

Did you know a group of skunks is called a Surfeit? An overabundance of things. Other names, according to the Wild West Web, include an “Arr...

The puppy is still cute. ​ In the 21 days we’ve known him, he’s spent about nine of them asleep. ​ But now his wide-awake hours are expandin...

Some like it hot. Not me, though. I live for layers. Sweaters, sweatshirts, long sleeves? It’s possible that my semi-annual wardrobe “change...

Three puppies came bounding into the meeting room, pinging around its four corners with carefree joy and boneless energy. They paid us no mi...

The pain seemed to tap me on the shoulder only lightly before it tiptoed over to my neck and tried to seize it. ​ Maybe I slept wrong. Or tu...

I woke up before the alarm. ​ The numbers - 5:58 - came into focus as my eyelids reluctantly parted. ​ No time for the snooze bar. ​ I had m...

 The weekend arrives with a schedule of household tasks that never ceases. There is laundry, and cleaning, and tidying, and the procuring of...

  This week, the New York Times published a disturbing  investigative report about police use of force in Texas schools. The newspaper we...

 It’s easy to become maudlin these days. If we keep our eyes laser-focused, we can’t help but get overwhelmed by the never-ending stream of ...

 I had arrived early for a late lunch at the diner. ​ As I sat at the table, waiting for my friend – a woman, like me, whose children were a...

However it is that we understand Mother’s Day … whether we celebrate, mourn, or bridle at the notion of yet another day commandeered by mark...

In the four years our daughter navigated university life in Boston and a course load I could barely pronounce, let alone wrap my head around...

 “Hey … can you check to see if the artwork in my room is covered?” ​ I’m not sure why the thought crossed her mind at that moment – ten min...

  The mission, should I choose to accept it, was to find out where The Boss purchased the expensive tool - now a heap of junk sitting uncere...