Flags throughout the area were at half-staff this past Wednesday, marking the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
But the one out front of ...
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My son Luke and I took his two boys, Sam and Isaac, to one of my favorite places on planet Earth last month, a small lake in a wilderness area in the Upper Peninsula ...
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Every once in a while I read parenting advice so profound that it taps my mother-lode of emotion and makes me cry.
The latest item to cause my watery eyes was an ...
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It was late in the evening, so we opted to get fast food for our family dinner.
Part of our 17-month-old's meal was chocolate milk, which we really hadn't given ...
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My two-day SNAP Challenge is over, and I survived. I didn't actually thrive, though, which I think is the point.
By 3 p.m. the second day, I was tired and cranky ...
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When I was a kid, it ranked right up there with Bilbo’s magic ring and the car from “Knight Rider,” topping off my Oh-The-Things-I-Could-Do-If-I-Just-Had-A-__ List.
And, ...
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Ever tried to clean up ketchup off carpet?
In a restaurant? Armed with only a napkin and without anyone noticing?
That was me in a Ruby Tuesday just off the ...
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Every once in a while a coincidence comes along that is mind-boggling. This just might be one of those times.
Last week, on the anniversary of Japan signing surrender ...
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I started the SNAP Challenge today after a run to the grocery store last night. I was going to say 'quick run' but it took me almost an hour to pick out $8.30 worth of ...
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Can you meet your food needs on $4 a day?
Normally I wouldn't have to find out whether I could, but this year as part of Hunger Action Month, the staff at the Community ...
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My daughter grew frustrated with her parents and had boiled over into a major fuss event. It was time to request the end-all-fuss instrument:
'Binky! Binky!'
Since ...
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Of all the TV dads at the moment, the best one in my opinion has to be Tom Mason of TNT’s “Falling Skies.”
Honorable and self-sacrificing, Tom (played by Noah Wyle) ...
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