When I recently made my long-sought move to the country life in upstate New York, it was comforting to note that our new property is perched on a wooded hill, just above the local firehouse. But something became increasingly evident in driving through … Continue reading
In the classic I Love Lucy episode, Lucy’s Italian Movie, Lucille Ball brought her audience to tears of laughter as she stomped grapes while visiting a winery. Well, grape-stomping hasn’t been allowed as part of the wine production process in the U.S. … Continue reading
After Mike McGeeney, 70, worked 38 years for Kansas City Power & Light Company, he retired and then moved with his wife in 2017 to Springfield, Mo. to be closer to their kids and grandkids. Like many retirees, he got to thinking about how he could … Continue reading
The ways that a grandmother shows love are often very simple: By helping to make a healthy meal, doing the laundry or the dishes, reading to older children in the family or just spending time holding and rocking a new baby so the parent can rest or rec… Continue reading