Over one hundred years ago, my 18-year-old great-grandmother left her housekeeping job and family behind in Budimir, Slovakia to follow my 19-year-old great-grandfather to Wisconsin to build a new life in a country sight unseen without speaking a word of English. They were drawn to the U.S. by the “American Dream” - the opportunity for better paying jobs and a different life.

It is hard to keep Maxine Greene from talking about things, especially the arts and education. “Whatever success I’ve had is through writing and talking a lot,” said Greene, the William F. Russell Professor Emeritus in Foundations of Education and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education. And, at 86, she shows no signs of stopping.
TC Today

Although not all women are getting attached at the hip with figure-eight knots and carabiners, they are finding new ways to fit friendship into their busy schedules, putting a spin on the “traditional girls night out” and finding that sometimes the best alternative is staying in.
Courier News

Time has been kind to the sprawling 150-year-old home at 707 East Main Street, where my grandmother grew up, but has nonetheless left its mark. The semi-circular driveway, where her son learned how to drive a car, has a painted parking spot labeled “clergy.” The living room, where her husband proposed to her more than 60 years ago, contains a display of shiny caskets with their lids partially ajar.
Courier News

Animal psychics don’t predict your pet’s future, but they claim to figure out why Spot keeps peeing on the couch, or what thoughts are running through Maisey’s mind.