I recently lost two high school friends during the same week. It was heartbreaking for me, so I can’t imagine how their families are managing. Melanie Dawn Hoback and I met before we ever started kindergarten. She was, in fact, my oldest childhood friend. We used to...

Every once in a great while aurora borealis is visible in my neck of the woods. Now, I’ve never seen it happen. I miss it every time. This past week, although I missed the first night, I went traipsing around in the dark after midnight looking for them on November...