About a year ago, I dropped a piece of glass on my foot and severed a tendon. After two surgeries, I struggled with mobility. Instead...

This is the opposite of a how-to essay. This is a cautionary tale – how NOT to train for a half marathon. It all started over lunch. My...

Part of the Big Iceland Adventure 2021 Series Remember the TV show Wings back in the 90’s? It could have been based on the domestic...

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Don't tell Dr. Fauci, but I took 69 fifth graders on a field trip to New York City in a pandemic by myself. I don't know what made me...

The skirts were short, the heels were high, and the bar was open. This was not your average school fundraiser. All the women, even the...

Spring 2020. The world shut down because of Covid 19, but Calbert Johnson was just getting cranked up. He started making videos with live...

Sometimes we intentionally spread joy. Sometimes we have no idea how our actions affect others. About eight years ago, one of my...

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A Story About The Volunteers Who Helped Clean Up Columbia’s Big Mess