Growing Bolder Community

Christmas got improvisational this year. There's a long list of things that didn't get done, didn't get taken out of boxes, didn't get bought, didn't get baked. I used "imaginary" wrapping paper on the presents because I didn't have time to wrap them, and moved Christmas dinner at my house to the day after. Guests will be arriving in about two hours, and I still haven't started peeling the...

If someone had told me two months ago that the cute puppy wriggling in my teenage son's arms would (1) bring my home reorganization to a screeching halt and (2) give me a bona fide case of whiplash, I might have thought twice. Or even three times.Oh, how hindsight is 20-20! Or, another way, how fools rush in where angels fear to tread!I just got back from being checked out at the clinic for...

As Americans, it is only natural for us to root for the underdog. We rooted for David to beat Goliath, anybody to beat the Yankees, Appalachian State to stun Michigan University. We identify with the little guy, the common man, the person from humble origins who defies all odds and becomes a success. We are also a fickle people. When it looks like the little guy is getting to much publicity, or...