It’s funny how little things really matter to people. Several months ago, a local business — the Bethesda Pizza Parlor — was forced to close its doors when the floor of the building where it was located failed. I had been watching social media posts and developments within the village ...

Dad was a carpenter. It was a skill he chose to develop. Maybe it was in his genes. He went through a carpentry apprenticeship to help him develop his skills. We lived in a rented row house in Pittsburgh. The landlord decided to sell the property and we had to move. I remember my parents ...

We have a large extended family. My Dad had three brothers and a sister. Mom had five brothers. We were a blue-collar family. When someone was moving they didn’t hire a mover. They called family and everyone showed up to help including us kids. Someone always knew someone who had a truck. The ...

A couple of weeks ago, I shared that my husband, Mike, and I had decided to make this a summer of concerts. Rather than taking an official “vacation,” we opted to simply attend any and every concert that caught our attention. Last Sunday, though, we did something a little different, and ...

By 2030, Gen Z will be 30 percent of the American workforce. This tech-savvy generation has strong ideas about the places and cultures in which it wants to work. And one of the recurring opinions heard from Gen Zers is the longing to get out from behind the desk, to find a place where ...

Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and a former Republican presidential candidate, said, “I’m the only one to separate Siamese twins, the only one to operate on babies while they’re still in their mother’s womb. The only one to take out half of a brain, although you would think if you ...