What's more important? A political issue or a practical achievement?  more

Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of the House's investigative committees and subcommittees. more

The following was sent to me by Neil Sowards. His mother, Genevieve Sharp Sowards was born in Kansas on June 29, 1903. In 1913, her parents homesteaded for a year in eastern Colorado. Neil sent a marvelous recollection by his mother of their first Christmas there. — J.T.K.   more

Claudia is a truck driver in Georgia. She is running transportation logistics on a movie being filmed here. The movie, "Possum Trot," is a true story about the foster care and adoption of Black children who suffered unspeakable trauma in their young lives. more

We will all be gathering with family again soon. Do you have that one item in your family that everyone knows about? Maybe it’s something that cherishes a lot of memories for many. Who gets grandma’s yellow pie plate or grandpa’s gun when they down size or are gone?   more

If you celebrate Christmas, when do you get your tree? We wait until the week before Christmas to get ours. It's important that our tree is fresh and not dry for the holiday, because we celebrate Christmas Danish-style: by lighting live candles on the branches. more

We went to church in Seoul this morning. We went to the Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral, though none of us in my group is Catholic. It was within walking distance; it had a service in English; so we went there.  more

“We had a fountain under our wedding cake?” A few days ago, on our 26th anniversary, we watched our wedding video for the first time in 20 years and were surprised by a lot of it. more

Christmas is just around the corner and my we are busy! Christmas luncheons, dinners, writing Christmas cards, baking those special holiday favorites that have become family traditions and of course we can’t forget last minute shopping and then gift wrapping and the list just goes on and on. more

It is not every day, every decade, or for many communities, ever, that an incredibly generous benefactor steps forward to donate millions of dollars to build a new public library. In Frontenac, however, that is exactly what happened in late 2019.  more