Author: Janet Miller

If Easter seems later this year, it is. According to ancient tradition, Easter cannot be celebrated until we have the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus...

Most of us are aware of the Chicken Little fairytale. This time-told story has many similar versions. The basics and moral teachings remain the same.          Chicken Little gets hit...

As I sit down for this week’s column, I cannot get out of my head the well-known line from T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land.” He penned, “April is the cruelest month.” In the Midwest where Eliot was raised, April was a muddy...

It was not until I experienced a near disaster that I feared the possible danger of rechargeable batteries. Last summer I was given a personal rechargeable fan and soon appreciated why we hear many battery warnings. I plugged in...