Early in August, we drove to Denver to see our son Ezra. Between here and there is Nebraska, a big state with a lot of open space and sky. There are two ways to get through Nebraska. The interstate is straight, predictable and a little dull. Or you can take roads that go west and south and ...

I was motoring along, minding my own business, when something at the roadside caught my eye. My gaze was drawn inexorably to a set of voluptuous orbs that glistened in the sun like seals lazing on a beach. I pulled over to get a closer look. They were even more alluring up close. No one was ...

Well it seems like the wild fires on Maui are under control at last, after leaving a trail of devastation and a death toll last reported at 111 but almost certainly higher. This is the deadliest U.S. wild fire since Minnesota’s Cloquet Fire of 1918 which burned for four days and claimed ...

Though many people would say that relationships enrich their lives, that sadly isn’t the truth for everyone. For some relationships, it can have a different effect that often goes unaddressed or sometimes unnoticed. Domestic violence impacts many people physically and mentally, and it is a ...

We’re nearing the end of another successful season of town celebrations and county fairs, something that doesn’t just happen automatically. Instead it takes effort on the part of dozens of people in every community. Someone has to cook the hamburgers and bratwursts. Someone has to help ...

My mind has been in the gutter lately. It began when I was mowing the lawn. While trimming beneath the eaves of our house, something dripped onto the back of my neck. I immediately looked skyward, suspecting that I had been bombed by one of the many barn swallows that have made our barn their ...