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(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's " Character(s) To Live By" column) I’m writing this article in the middle of the...

Welcome to our November-December readalong! We know this is a crazy-busy time of year for most people, and so we have chosen three...

When I was little, my father used to run a race called The Jock in Barberton. It was always a lovely holiday for us kids: lots of...

I have fond memories of going to the library as a child. I can remember the old library building with its pretty fountain in the parking area and a jungle gym between the children’s and adults’ sections. I never quite understood why anyone would go to the library only to play on the jungle gym, though. I remember having four envelope-type cards—this was the ‘Eighties—three for fiction and one for non-fiction. I remember checking out the Little Men and Little Miss books. And I

OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) “Homer sang of his ‘wine-dark...