I don’t know a single writer who, at one time or another, hasn’t taken an idea or a title and changed it just enough to make it into something of his own. more

Did you ever have the opportunity to throw a pot? I don't mean winging one across the room, I'm talking about … more

From the aerial high of a blimp ride to the sobering depths of intensive care unit monitors, my life has spanned the full spectrum of life’s extremes. more

You know those stories our mothers used to read us -- where the frog turns into a prince, Snow White's true love kisses her awake, and where the prince with a shoe fetish … more

Take a whiff. What does it smell like to you? Evidently one visitor to Holmes County has a "strong" opinion … more

Warning: If you're not a dog person and you can't stomach much "schmaltz," don't bother reading any further. more

I took Katie to see Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages Theatre in Toronto recently. Both of us still reel from the experience. more

Ever stand nose-to-nose with a live buffalo and look that huge, shaggy face square in the eye? more

"It all started with a watermelon," I explain to my son, as he hooks one end of the log-chain up to his truck … more

Tragedy brings out the best and the worst in us. Always has; always will. more

From the moment a squalling baby bursts into the world and changes your life, you know that it’s coming … more

What does summer smell like to you? For me, nothing comes close to matching the pungent-sweet scent of fresh alfalfa drying in the sun. more

Back in the olden-days of my youth, my siblings and I seldom had the opportunity to shoot off real firecrackers. more

What? You mean to tell me you don't have a valentine? That you feel like Charlie Brown, standing by the empty mailbox, waiting for that red-headed girl … more

"How I love Ragu, how I love Ragu on cheeeeese!!!!" "Excuse me, dear," said the woman sitting next to me, as we belt out … more

Twinkle, twinkle Christmas light, How you quench the dark of night!" more

Hark! Can you hear it? The carol swells and jungle bells, the falling snow and Ho, ho, hos? That's Christmas magic in the air. more