Miles to Go

My mom worries. Always has and always will. She’s worried at least for as long as I've been old enough to notice. Admittedly, I noticed she's a worrier...

We had a bit of a crisis on South Street last week. An identity crisis. For a cat.  Seriously. Our sweet (if occasionally ornery) 6-month-old kitten, Georgia, was...

An email that arrived on Valentine’s Day this year caught my eye — then raised my blood pressure. According to the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 70,000 Americans lost...

“I’m tellin’ Mom.” Three little words with the power to transport us back in time, to the ages of about 5 to 13, back to juvenile threats and...

It was sort of a Super Bowl miracle. Not because the Chiefs won. They deserved it, given the Eagles’ defense in the second half. But because only one...

A machine replaced me. Hallelujah. I couldn't be happier.  I am no longer responsible for road-trip navigation, having happily outsourced the (non-paying) job to the satellite-directed voice that...

“Ajou” is not a word. Well, not in English, anyway. (And the existence of an Ajou University somewhere in Korea doesn't change that fact.) Glop, however, IS a word....

I'm concerned. This is a problem. Kids can't catch. Seriously. It's bad enough they can't write in cursive, read a map or count back change. But they can't CATCH. Anything,...

(Note: This column originally appeared in the Keys Weekly’s latest Holiday magazine. available now inside local businesses and online at keysweekly.com.) Ah, holiday travel.  This is when things get...

Well if that wasn’t the longest funeral in the history of the world. Television news teams around the world claimed Queen Elizabeth II’s recent death “shocked a nation.”...