The old-time band leader Lawrence Welk used to gather the attention of his crew leading up to a performance number by calling out, "A-o...

My first foray into the world of author John Grisham was the book The Brethren . This choice was made not out of considered research, but be...

My daughter is now in her second year of high school and I strongly sense that dreaded pull of melancholy, realizing that our time together ...

My occasional blog series "Observations" was created to be an outlet to share a variety of topics that pop into my field of view ...

A friend once told me that when it comes to an anniversary or a birthday, you had better darn sure pay attention to one that ends in a zero ...

Each year shortly after school begins, the schools in my area have an evening where they invite the parents to come in to meet the teachers,...

Over the past five or six years, I have read many fiction novels. However, I have contained myself to a relatively limited number of authors...