Though my hair was chestnut brown, I was green, a young writer hoping to create something memorable. I needed inspiration and I found it in a novel, Shining Tides. Winfield Brooks wrote it. The inside ...

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Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house. They are gentle giants, producing fragrant blossoms in spring and cooling the house in summer. They vanquish ...

I moved across a frozen landscape. Fluffy snow under my feet disguised hidden ice beneath. In many spots it was impregnable so that even with micro-spikes affixed to my insulated winter hiking boots I ...

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One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the ...

I know the big day is a few days away, but the three weeks between Thanksgiving and now have flown by. No, I didn’t decorate my house or listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Remember ...

A buddy is someone who’ll have a beer with you when you’ve fallen on hard times. A pal is someone who’ll loan you his socket set. A friend is someone who’ll offer to let you sit his best deer stand ...

A few weeks ago, a creator went viral for the worst reasons. At a glance, the video depicted a creator searching for toys at Target while shopping for the Angel Tree, a program that provides gifts for ...

Somewhere between unbuckling the pants after eating several pounds of turkey and brawling with a total stranger over that last Batman Lego set at Target on Christmas Eve, millions of Americans go ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: Editorial Page editor Megan Schrader takes a side in the “real vs. fake” Christmas tree debate. Look for the counterpoint by Features ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: Features coordinator Barbara Ellis takes a side in the “real vs. fake” Christmas tree debate. Look for the counterpoint by Editorial Page ...