This I believe Living abroad for years and years has led me to believe that home is a state of mind and little moments of mundane perfection exist in places and chance encounters. I honestly believe I can't remember why...
This I believe Home of the free, life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. I live in a community that has lived and breathed these words. I live on the very southernmost border of the US in the Rio Grande Valley...
Old houses make life worth living In 2004, my husband and I bought a house that was built in the 1890s - a 1300 square foot folk Victorian constructed of brick and mortar and hidden under layers of cement stucco...
On the Mark... Since Lennie was a teenager, she had wanted to visit Graceland. She had always been a big Elvis fan. One day her wish came true. The trip was a birthday gift from her fiancT, Hank. She stood...
I Believe in New Jersey Winters and California Summers... Asking a teenage girl to figure out what she believes in is like asking her to move across country several times. As a sixteen year old who has experienced a lot...
MY TWO TOWERS My whole life I have wondered what it was like to be at the top of the World Trade Center. To see all of downtown and further, through one square of glass hundreds of feet in the...
A few minutes after my husband and I closed on our new house, nearly two years ago, we did the expected thing. We drove straight home - because this house, which we had never been in alone, was now home...
I believe that Minnesota is the most wonderful state in the United States. It has a lot of stuff that you can do there. To get the best understanding of Minnesota, take a look at each of the four seasons....
A Home In The World My mother's recent move into a retirement community took some adjustment on everybody's part. She had been a widow for seven and a half years. A life in the big house where she raised her...
