COlumn

With the ominous return of advertisements for back-to-school sales and plans for Labor Day cookouts, students can’t escape the feeling that summer just begun, and yet—somehow—it’s already time to return to the classroom. For BHS students, each new year brings change: last…

Sometimes fate and chance live on the same block. Here is a tale of how turning onto the wrong street 30 years ago led to a 15-year mortgage and a happy home. We were lost, trying to get back to our small…

Years ago, when shopping for rock garden plants at my local nursery, I was surprised to find a cactus, eastern prickly pear, Opuntia humifusa, on offer. The notion of growing cactus in my east coast garden, some 2,500 miles from the nearest…

The summer is a wonderful time of year for teenagers to gather with their friends and deepen relationships. However, it’s also when kids might start experimenting with alcohol for the first time. I recently got this question from a concerned mom: “It…

Summer is supposed to be fun, right? My teens now have their own busy lives, my summer work schedule is flexible. I should be out there doing… Well, I’m not sure exactly what. After so many years centered around family activities, which,…

I’ve always loved summer. When I was younger, the first days of summer meant the end of homework, pop quizzes, and stifling classrooms, and the beginning of lazy days at Walden Pond and cool evening walks to Moozy’s or Payson Park. Summer…