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The only train from Cincinnati to New York is scheduled to leave Cincy at 3:27 a.m. Yes, a.m. It is my habit to take the Cardinal, as it is called, whenever I go to the Apple. I really do enjoy the train experience even though it is an 18 hour journey. Of course, I could travel by air if it wasn’t such a hassle. I expect any day now to learn that a strip-search is required to board a plane...

Hello! My name is Tres and I am newly empty nested. After 25 years of being a Mom, I felt somewhat misplaced as we moved only a few years earlier to a southern state and didn't know too many people. I got a part-time job but after a health scare I decided it was a wake-up call to not just exist anymore. I have always had a love for the arts and was in several groups & classes that did...

I recently attended a family reunion in South Georgia, my mother’s family homestead. (Homestead is a bit of an overstatement.) My mother’s paternal grandmother extracted her from this tiny town when she was eight, taking her to live in Orlando. I, nor others in my family, ever learned why she left, a mystery which will remain unsolved since my Mom died almost 30 years ago. My...