Kathy Stevenson
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Whenever I read stories about people helping out others who have fallen on hard times, I am heartened. Whether it is the simple act of tw ...
13 years ago
Still exercising after all these years
This is the time of year when health clubs, packed with people with good intentions in January, start to see dwindling attendance. I̵ ...
13 years ago
It is especially during these first few weeks of the new year, on the heels of the holiday blur, that I most sharply feel the loss of hom ...
13 years ago
Muffy and Buffy: A holiday story
You don’t have to give up much to make life a little better for someone else. As you think back on the past year about the things y ...
13 years ago
Bumping into a ghost in the cereal aisle
My father died from complications of dementia in 2004. Lately, I find that I am on the lookout for signs that indicate I am also getting ...
13 years ago
The beach’s soul-soothing scents and rhythms
As I get older, I gravitate more and more toward those things that sustain me, that please me and nourish me rather than subtract from me ...
13 years ago
Casino’s treatment of female staff uniformly demeaning
The recent firing of eight middle-aged cocktail waitresses from their jobs at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City pretty much lays out the wa ...
14 years ago
Facing doom on the family trip, with Mom at the wheel
One summer, when I was 12, my entire family packed into our car and drove from Colorado to New Jersey. This was considered a vacati ...
14 years ago
Suddenly, daily life seems haunted by The Stranger
Lately I’ve been experiencing an unsettling disconnect in the way I look at my fellow human beings. I have always been one of th ...
14 years ago
The Day Before – Hello. This is The School calling to inform you that, due to the upcoming winter storm warning, school will n ...
14 years ago
A sister’s loss, and the things she keeps
Perfect weather for a road trip. Early fall; a drive from Spokane, Wash., to Butte, Mt. Big sky, blue skies as we climb up the mou ...
14 years ago