Our home was in a rural area on seven acres of land, one acre of it cleared for our yard.

Claribel Nash neé Wiese had been a school-teacher, too. For a time in a one-room schoolhouse near Cumberland, Indiana

Summers in Schuylkill County, PA were halcyon days in regards to food.

On a map it resembles the arms and hat of Merlin. It is a place where three rivers pour their hearts into the Irish sea

It's hard to be convincing about Christmas decorating in Florida even if you're a native.

Aunt Jean would read popular psychology books on the #50 trolley as it bounced down Fourth Street in fits and starts toward Passyunk Avenue.

Biden immediately dropped his briefcase and contorted himself into a wrestler’s crouch, hands in front ready to strike.

he'd predicted that, one day, a computer would be so compact it would take up considerably less space than the average garage.

My grandfather died of a broken heart six weeks after my grandmother. He had not expected to live without her

My wife’s whole family comes from Whitehaven, a small, sleepy port city on the northernmost reach of the west coast of England.

Not long after our brother Craig died, my aunt and I were standing in the kitchen, drinking champagne.

Look! Dick and Jane are old. Dick's body is failing. Jane's mind is fading. See their middle aged son take them out to dinner. See him run!