After a cold and snowy start to the week here in central Missouri, Raya curled up in front of the fireplace in a desperate attempt
Every year Lily and I make a pilgrimage to the Research Triangle of North Carolina to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. As always, the food was
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Learning about a piece of Missouri’s Black history After nearly a month of snow storms and icy roads, today the weather finally broke. With a
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Breaking the proverbial (and literal) ice One of the many wonderful things about living in central Missouri is that most years it is possible to
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ALR Chapter 202 Beacon Newsletter Column (Note: for the past few months I have been writing the Beacon newsletter column for ALR Chapter 202 in
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Iowa cowboy becomes Britain’s first pilot Growing up in eastern Iowa, I had no idea that one of the most significant figures in the history
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2024 was not supposed to look like this As 2024 comes to an end, I remain utterly amazed by how much has transpired in such
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Ensure your voice will be heard in 2024 The 2024 presidential election is less than two months away. In preparation for the big event, September
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Writing at the wrong time In February I began what I hoped to be a Lenten discipline of reflecting on Rabbi Harold Kushner’s book, Overcoming
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Moving into Columbia, Missouri’s arsty fartsy neighborhood Lily and I are just days away from closing on our new house. The area we’re moving to is
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