Opinion

Don’t be a Pooh . . . it’s all up to you

“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” – Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne Here are some sobering statistics for Americans: 30.7 percent are overweight; 42.4 percent are obese; 9.2…


Finishing the Boston Marathon

So, we celebrated briefly and got a picture snapped to document this incredible moment in time. As soon as that picture was taken, it felt like my mind reconnected with…


Some of my wedding dresses

Here’s another true story written by my mother, Dorothy Howard Adler. Today I packed it away. Simple, elegant, beautiful. Perhaps my favorite. I thought of some of my other wedding…


The call

We finally got the call that my family has been waiting and praying for. It was a Saturday night in January. My husband and I had just finished dinner and…



Finding awe in the dark

Awe … an emotion inspired by the sacred. April 8, 2024, at 3:06 p.m., I feel that emotion as the solar eclipse reaches totality. Chuck and I nestle our lawn…


To beard or not to beard

There was no room in my suitcase for souvenirs in 2015, though I did manage to bring something back from Paris: facial hair. My own, of course – not someone…