Goodbye to white America
I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the man who leaned toward me on the checkout line at ShopRite on
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Two minutes that will change your life
It was a nerve-wracking event. On this, my seventh total solar eclipse since 1970, the forecast from the get-go was
Kids’ Almanac (Nov. 29 – Dec. 6)
Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. – Joseph Chilton Pearce Winter Sun Farms
Illinois Mountain
November is an understated month, its grays and browns predominant in the forest now that the trees have mostly shed
Generals Gone Wild
“Gen. John R. Allen, the top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, is under investigation for what a senior defense
The Crab with an uncrackable shell
Next Wednesday night, November 28, the Full Moon floats right next to dazzling Jupiter. It’ll be an eye-catching apparition all
Kids’ Almanac (November 22-29)
“To live in this world you must be able to to do three things: to love what is mortal; to
Nobody’s really happy
I, like so many people, am cursed with envy. I look around and think that everyone seems to be doing
Kids’ Almanac (November 15-22)
“Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It’s about
Oh Sandy
Sandy — what an innocuous name. It’s a fitting nomenclature for the lead in the movie Grease — a lily-white,