Great Camp Santanoni is once again hosting three special winter weekends: Jan. 17-18 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend), Feb. 14-15, and March 14-15. Though the grounds and trails are open year-round from dawn to dusk, the buildings are only open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during special events. ...

I’m the first to admit that I was a full supporter of bribing my children. If I could get them to clean their rooms or complete a chore list without nagging them, I was ready to celebrate. The nagging took up so much time that the need to eliminate it became a series of consequences and ...

As 2025 comes to a close, I think about all the New Year’s resolutions that I will make and break in record time. For me, there are better ways to try to enact change. One practice, in business or at home, I can make happen is having a closing reflection. In work sessions, having participants ...

As an elementary teacher, my mother could string together colorful phrases using the names of fourth-grade art supplies, just to avoid a “swear word.” She had strict rules on what was allowed to be said and what was considered poor manners. I would write them all here, but the list is ...

What in all the Christmas crackers? I just learned that the Christmas carol “O Tannenbaum” actually means O fir tree, not the English translation of “O Christmas Tree.” What the what, what? The sad part is I’ve been living in my own off-key caroling world, not understanding the ...

I was staying with a friend while she was expecting her first child. We had had similar troubles staying pregnant, and I was there for moral support while she navigated through another pregnancy. Everything became about superstitions, as if these patterns and rituals would finally get her ...