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Nancy Jo Cain is in remission from leukemia. She is 77 years old. She could be retired, hidden away from the stresses of the...

One of my wife’s favorite activities each May is planting flowers.We have an assortment of hanging planters and barrels around our home. By the...

Congratulations! You’ve survived half of a pandemic!Our astute governor found us worthy to return some of our basics of life in the midst of...

During our coronavirus-fueled isolation, we’ve all seen some things, especially if we’ve been pulled into the online equivalent of a meeting, the Zoom call.It...

It’s hard to keep a social butterfly under the net of a coronavirus stay-at-home order too long.One day, our 11-year-old daughter walked into the...

Most years on Easter Sunday, our churches are filled to capacity with regulars and visitors, elbow to elbow in the pews.The people who don’t...

Our evenings are full of social isolation, teens and tweens anxious to get out of the house and weird presentations about unfamiliar topics.Could life...

Of all the classes my children take during their learn-at-home experience, my favorite is home economics.Like all the other kids in the region, they’ve...

Social distancing is bringing my family closer together.Like most kids around the region, our children started spending 24 hours a day inside our home...

Before a Thursday meeting at the newspaper with several elected officials, I walked over to greet our guests.I froze.“So, what do we do now?”...