HUNTINGTON, W.Va. As sunlight streamed into Dorothy McGinnis’ dining room window, Dr. Cindy Pinson slid the base of her stethoscope across McGinnis’ back and listened. “She had a bout of pneumonia in the winter,” Pinson said of McGinnis. “She was really, really sick, but she’s really come out of it.” McGinnis, 86, has lived in […]

The debate over whether women should also be required to register for Selective Service recently gained momentum. First, high-ranking military officers told Congress that it is the next logical step, and presidential candidates were forced to respond. Then, two congressmen introduced a bill titled “Draft America’s Daughters Act” that would require registration for all women […]

The old timers say that on Groundhog Day we should still have half our wood supply or more. This year I had more than half as it’s been a warm winter. Or perhaps not a real winter at all. At the halfway point, I always want to still have plenty of vegetables left from the […]

MIAMI Don’t want to fight traffic, traveling for work, can’t afford a $30 barre class? Those excuses for missing your workout no longer fly thanks to a host of new fitness apps and online subscriptions. There’s a website for your every cardio craving from Pilates to bootcamp, some taught by celeb trainers that you likely […]

I am at a crucial point in my life, a moment when I know, with absolute clarity, that things will never be the same again: Our local Hannaford just debuted online shopping and curbside pickup. I might never go inside a grocery store again. Honestly, this could be the future of grocery shopping, so I’m […]

This has been a relatively easy winter for me. No heavy snows requiring me to climb up on my roof to shovel off the flat part above a death-defying 30-foot drop. No temperatures lingering below zero for days on end. Still, it’s winter and I’m a gardener who is already thinking about spring. Thank heavens […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. The little black dog with the pink collar raced through the snowy woods, leaving a trail of broken twigs in her wake. Sniffing around the base of every tree in her path, Whoopi made her winding way back to the place she found herself in trouble. On Jan. 24, Whoopi became stranded in […]

BOISE, Idaho Cleve Cushing describes it as a call that changed his life. At 5:27 p.m. on Aug. 11, he first heard allegations that a couple working as house parents at the Christian Children’s Ranch in Eagle had sexually abused two girls in their care. Michael Paul Magill, 31, and Jennifer Nicole Magill, 32, later […]

Homemade chicken noodle soup is well known as a panacea for whatever ails you, but the time it takes to pull it together is not always within our grasp. Many chefs and food writers will try to convince you how easy it is to make your own homemade broth or stock. I’m not one of […]

I refer to my firstborn child, Ford, as the “human weed whacker.” As he maneuvers through life’s missteps and hard lessons, each one rising up to smack him in the face, he is simultaneously blazing a convenient, well-trodden path for his siblings behind him. It’s the duty of the oldest sibling. He cuts the path, […]