There probably isn’t a driver that hasn’t experienced at least one close call while driving, assuming he or she has been driving for at least a year. I recently had one and I want to elaborate on how it took place, as I see violations of the root cause daily. The violation? Illegally riding ...

The weather has been hot lately. I haven’t turned on the oven and am even reluctant to turn on the stove. When you don’t want anything hot to eat, it’s time for salads! There are so many salads! Potato salads, pasta salads and grain salads are common summer cookout fare. Then there are ...

Parents have been extremely interested in asking me what to do when their children tell them they are bored. This month is national anti-boredom month, and I am anything but bored to answer that question. - Benefits of boredom - Given how organized the lives of children seem to be ...

Today is my 94th birthday, born in a farmhouse in Gabriels; I and my five siblings were all born at home. Dad said he never got paid a dime for being the anesthesiologist, as the doctor would give him a cloth dampened with ether to holdup to Mom’s face if the pain was too much. The big ...

Though there’s no way to prove it without a time machine, I think I started telling jokes in first grade. I was driven to it, since there was nothing else funny to be had within the Petrova school’s hallowed halls. By second grade I knew enough jokes, puns, riddles and word play to keep ...