“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” —Guillaume Appollinaire Just for fun, I arranged t...

Photo courtesy Karin Henseler “Unlike bad times, however, good times aren’t bullies that break down the doors and barge in. Joy and p...

Photo courtesy Randy Storey Introduction by Ted Kooser: After my mother died, her best friend told me that they were so close that th...

Last week a friend asked me what I planned to read this summer. Um, everything, and never go outside again until December? Sadly, tha...

At the harness races--one of my favorite photos of us Seven and a half months ago, my father died. This year, on Father’s Day, for th...