Dear Editor, I know that your website says that your publication only accepts electronic submissions but according to your website you receive 5,000 submissions per month and publish less than 1% of t ...

As I write, the unexpected five-day weekend is nearing a close and all five members of the Holt family are present and accounted for. Before the forecast of ALL THE ICE AND SNOW, our plan was to leave ...

It had been my hope to compile a “best of 2017 column” but 2017 got away from me before I could ever get that done. Now 2017 is yesterday’s news, so I’ll move on. I will, however, paraphrase the best ...

I always find it difficult on January 1st to throw away the prior year’s calendar. It’s almost as difficult as tossing out an old Bible, which feels practically blasphemous. The last Bible I threw awa ...

When I’m at home sick on a cold dreary day nothing beats a big bowl of warm oatmeal. It feels SO good between my toes. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ...

Nothing says tradition like Christmas. Some of those traditions last for years and some die natural deaths out of necessity or circumstance. Many of us marry into traditions. For example, my wife’s fa ...