Photo by Vic Mastrogiovanni I must admit, it's getting old This indoor life that's caused by cold. The dogs are crazed, my...

We practiced memorizing songs for weeks ahead, carefully choosing in what order to sing them. We decided that from one house to another we w...

I heard children screaming and headed outdoors to see what was happening. Two houses beyond mine, the little ones were running in circles l...

I found my Dad’s stubbornness particularly irksome one Friday night after partying with friends until the wee hours. Because of the bitter...

Not all California homes are properly insulated or weather worthy, especially if they are older. This is the type of home I live in. It is a...

Since I live in coastal California, the devastating cold weather that others in the country (in the world) experience through the winter is ...

The cold war had begun. But the children didn't know what that meant, not really. They thought the snow was part of it, the ice, the ...