Opinion

What’s the point? Abuse & control

We get incredible support from the community. Our family of donors, volunteers, pantry hosts, companies, and churches invest time each month to make sure food is available in pantries across…


One fateful day

It felt like an out-of-body experience when my neurologist breezed in a little over six years ago, and casually tossed the genetic test on the counter on that fateful day….


Another sixteen

Written by Dorothy Howard Adler 8/9/85 Was she 16? Or only 15? Maybe you should ask her. It was summer, the season for transparent apples and mowing. Auntie had purchased…


Memories

As I sit here on a porch in the same place I grew up vacationing as a little girl, I watch my husband leave to head to the bakery with…


Ken boldly calls play ‘perfect’

She Loves Me, the 1963 Broadway musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is an adaptation of the 1937 play Parfumerie…


Gathering at a table

There’s something special about gathering around a table. The table was set, and the meal was prepared. The aroma coming out of the kitchen had my taste buds salivating. I…



A good cry at a psychic fair

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Next Avenue on Oct. 31, 2024. Last October, Brynne showed me an advertisement for a psychic fair. I arched a quizzical eyebrow, in…