Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. "Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble." ...more

October 30, 2009

In preparation for a class I'll be teaching, I polled enrollees to get a feel for their experience level. One lady responded, "I hope I am not too inexperienced for your class." ...more

November 30, 2008

We all want the best for our children. Most of us raise our children the way that we were raised. At both extremes of the parenting chart we will get similar results. At one end the parent maintains control over the child completely. The other end has no boundaries or limits with complete control going to the child. At either end of the parenting chart the results will be negative for the child and others. The goal is to achieve balance with the child. ...more

November 7, 2008

Thousands of hybrid tea rose blossoms provide a spectacular roadside attraction. ...more

August 6, 2008

It's mid-May, the time when the school year is nearly over. A ritual of this season is delivery of school yearbooks, and it's likely that none of the students who bought one are thinking about their descendants. ...more

May 18, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A 29-year-old man who died Sunday when he was thrown from a sport utility vehicle on a Sunshine Skyway access road has been identified as Charles R. Price Jr. of Bradenton. ...more

January 21, 2008

Back when genealogy was of interest only to blue bloods looking to prove relationships to royalty or war heroes, researchers didn't closely embrace the black sheep in the family. ...more

December 16, 2007

he took almost a century of firsthand family knowledge to his grave. ...more

September 23, 2007