But I do think some of the changes necessitated by the pandemic will be positive ones if we choose to learn from them. Read More

I love to shop local and support the small businesses that still exist in my community, but the first consideration is always parking. Read More

Bring your children to experience wandering among shelves of actual books before it is too late. And don’t forget to visit and support your local library. Read More

One of my fondest memories of raising my children was cuddling up at bedtime with a book and reading together.  Read More

I was never a lover of Ed Sullivan (except for the famous Beatles performance) or Carol Burnett, but boy did I enjoy Rowan and Martin and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Read More

After I retired, I joined the board of the preschool I had founded as a community representative. We were planning our 25th anniversary year celebration, which was to include a video of the founding, history, and philosophy of the school. It was during a discussion about this video that I learned that people in 2017… Read More

The demise of the family dinner is definitely a loss. Read More

Those preschoolers who started school on September 11, 2001, may not remember that day, but I hope they will be able to recapture the sense of community, caring, and working for the common good that we felt back then. Read More

As a native of the Motor City, everyone I knew drove to work. Read More

Next hurtle – what contractor in his right mind would undertake this project with such an unrealistic budget and very tight timeline? It was now June and we needed to open the school in September. Read More