This morning I took out the coffee maker that makes one cup at a time. That turned out to be a tear jerker. It made reality that much more real. When we married, I knew because of his age Don would probably pass before I would although since I had had breast cancer, anything was possible. ...

Today, as I write this, it’s a Monday in late February – bright sunshine and 63 degrees. Outside it looks and feels like late April but inside – we are still decorated for all the winter holidays. Three dangling red hearts festoon our front door. St. Valentine would be pleased that we ...

We continue to hear that nursing and health care are in crisis. Some challenges the nursing profession faces include burnout, compassion fatigue, COVID-19, staffing shortages, long hours, mandatory overtime and workplace violence. On May 12, nurses from across the nation will unite in ...

In the good old days, the kitchen was the heart of the home. In many cases it still is today. When I first moved to Hickory Heights there was a Home Comfort stove in the kitchen. It burned wood. I had no idea how to use it, but I learned. I had to because I had no other stove. The stove was ...

This morning I received an email with a video attachment that hit close to home. The short clip showed a young woman loading groceries into her SUV. She finished, then shoved the empty shopping cart across the open parking space next to hers, turned away, and got in her car. The cart stopped ...

By BRYAN CUTLER, KERRY BENNINGHOFF and SETH GROVE The citizen-drawn congressional redistricting map received a resounding endorsement when Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough recommended to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that it be used in the upcoming election. We couldn’t agree ...