I went looking for Edna Ferber last week in the most logical place -- her hometown public library. I figured I find her thriving there, just two and a half miles from Edna Ferber Elementary School. Alas, I found the Ferber collection somewhat lacking. To be fair, I'd had some lofty expectations -- a dedicated [...]
Among the many things I learned during the Great Blizzard of 2018 -- that snowblowers have carburetors, that carburetors fail, that robins don't eat bird seed, that if you position an electric blanket just right it will form a cocoon from which you'll never want to leave, that John Mulaney is so funny he elevates [...]
When the blizzard Evelyn came roaring into our neighborhood Friday night, plopped herself down and refused to leave we thought, "That's not the Evelyn we know." When she whipped herself into a frenzy, tossed tree branches into our yards and left waist-high snow drifts and ice in her wake, we said, "That's not our Evelyn." [...]
Every neighborhood should have a Sami. We're lucky enough to have one right across the street. An energetic little fireball, Sami likes to ride her bike, swim and play in the snow. She hustled us for six of the more than 400 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies she sold and, all by herself, she raised [...]
My dad used to swing by Wilmar’s Chocolates every Valentine’s Day to pick up a large heart for my mom and four smaller ones for my sisters, my brother and me. Some of us wolfed down those candies the day we received them, others savored each piece slowly, stretching that sweet little box out for [...]
