We're told to love thy neighbor, and that's always seemed like good advice. In fact, it's been pretty easy counsel to follow. No matter where I've lived over the years, I've been lucky to have wonderful people living just across the fence.
When the receptionist picked up the phone, she was laughing at some joke with a co-worker and took several seconds to compose herself before acknowledging the customer at the other end of the line.
It will soon be Halloween, a time to venture into the attic of the old house, preferably late at night when there are no sounds except perhaps the scraping of a branch against the roof or the low moan of the wind in the trees outside.
Several years ago, my wife and I decided to visit Ireland. For some reason -- probably the cost -- we decided to go to the Grand Canyon instead. For other reasons, the Grand Canyon trip didn't work out and we...
Everyone loves a happy ending. Lassie rescues Timmy from the bottom of the mine shaft. Alice wakes up, no worse for wear, on the right side of the looking glass. Dorothy and Toto miss their balloon ride but still make it home safely from Oz.
If you have no plans for this weekend, you have no one to blame but yourself. The calendar for today and Sunday is about as crowded as it gets in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Whether your tastes run to music...
Viva la vino! Yes, it's nice to stroll among carefully planted rows of grape vines, to gaze out across the verdant countryside at the distant mountains and enjoy quality wine.
By Chris Fordney The leaves are beginning to turn, which means it's time to dust off the hiking boots and clean and lube our mountain bikes and get out and enjoy the fall scenery. And it's time for View from...
It's too bad Alma Porter isn't in charge of Congress. Mrs. Porter, God rest her soul, was my 11th-grade algebra teacher, and she ruled her class with an iron fist.
If you work at a newspaper, nothing feels better than hitting a deadline. I've been working against one for the last two weeks, and relished the moment Friday morning when, just in time, the project before me was bagged, tagged...
If the "Grey Ghost" gives up the ghost tomorrow, I won't mourn. I'll just leave my old friend by the side of the road and walk away satisfied. The Ghost, my 1993 Nissan pickup, is the single best automotive investment of my life.
How far will we go to plumb our roots? Cindy and I got off the highway at this central Michigan town and drove through block after block of shuttered factories, boarded-up shopping centers and streets where every third or fourth house has been abandoned.
If the recession has you counting pennies, I have good news. You can count on saving a nickel on every dollar spent next weekend for school clothes and supplies.
Sometimes it's good for editors at newspapers, even those who only work part time on the copy and design desks, to tell readers a little about how The Daily Miracle is put together and to explain our decisions about the selection and placement of stories and photographs.
Every generation has its special words. When my generation's parents would say something was "super," or "neat," we would say it was "cool," mainly because we wanted to sound cooler than our parents.
When the receptionist picked up the phone, she was laughing at some joke with a co-worker and took several seconds to compose herself before acknowledging the customer at the other end of the line.
It will soon be Halloween, a time to venture into the attic of the old house, preferably late at night when there are no sounds except perhaps the scraping of a branch against the roof or the low moan of the wind in the trees outside.
Several years ago, my wife and I decided to visit Ireland. For some reason -- probably the cost -- we decided to go to the Grand Canyon instead. For other reasons, the Grand Canyon trip didn't work out and we...
Everyone loves a happy ending. Lassie rescues Timmy from the bottom of the mine shaft. Alice wakes up, no worse for wear, on the right side of the looking glass. Dorothy and Toto miss their balloon ride but still make it home safely from Oz.
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