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My son and daughter-in-law are both in their 30s. They have college degrees and good jobs. However, every time they come to visit, I discover things are missing. I’m not imagining it. This happened even when they were dating.

It’s a fact. A full moon is an astronomical phenomenon involving a lunar phase whereby we Earthlings can observe the complete spherical reflection of our only orbiting body once a month. It also means many people are going to act pretty weird.

Our junior higher is the most disorganized kid I’ve ever seen. His life is a jumble of forgotten assignments and missed deadlines. What can I do to help him?

A year ago, my son ended his marriage to a woman I liked very much. Since then, he has become engaged to “Julia.”

Fall creeps up on you: there is a difference in the quality of the sunlight, not just its duration; no matter how hot the day, it cools off quickly in the evening, and the mornings are plain chilly, with heavy dew. The rig’s air conditioner runs in the afternoon; the heater the next morning.

Trees are an intricate part of our landscape. In the West Country, trees were removed to make room for the homesteads while on the prairie they were planted to provide shelter from the cold winter winds and shade in the summer. Unfortunately all trees are not always as strong as the wind and they loose branches or the main trunk is broken during storms.

It was late January and my buddy and I had met up at the local coffee shop.I had just sat down at our table with a tray laden with two large coffees and four cake doughnuts. My companion immediately grabbed one of the donuts, broke it in half and dunked it into his coffee. I watched him devour the morsel and then wipe an errant coffee drip from his chin.

The exponential function relates to what a cancer tumor does.First, there’s one cell, then there’s two. Then it doubles to four. Then eight. Then sixteen. Then a few more doublings. Then you’re dead.

With the word wellness is being in so many different medians these days, it is sometimes confusing as to what it actually means to be well. Is wellness being free from disease? Happy? Successful?

I’m the mother of 11-year-old twins, “Jack” and “Jill.” Jill is quite a tomboy. She’s always been more interested in her brother’s trucks than dolls, and I have given up trying to put a dress on her.