Reader, I have a confession to make. I have cheated — not on my diet, not on my taxes, not on my husband. I could rationalize why I strayed. Maybe it was the result of a mid-life crisis, maybe it was the desire to do something new, or maybe it was the allure of doing it with strangers. ...

I know. Here is one more item about the solar eclipse. What’s the big deal? Well, tell that to the people asking to camp in my yard. I’ve never had so many friends until they remembered that I live on the pathway to totality. I’m getting all the vibes of alien invasion movies where ...

The Easter egg hunts are over — and we have lots of hard-cooked eggs left after the holiday. Fortunately, there are many ways to use up your hard-cooked Easter eggs! My favorite way is to toss them into salads, but having hard-cooked eggs on hand makes for an easy, fast breakfast with a ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is making it more difficult to earn its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick-Plus awards in 2024, challenging manufacturers to offer better protection for back-seat passengers and improve their pedestrian crash-avoidance systems. Despite the more ...

People who have been around for a while love to talk about how much they enjoyed being in “politics.” It was interesting, it was rewarding and it was fun. I believe that politics, especially on a local level, can still be all of the above. And remember, you are performing an honorable ...