by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | News
It’s been nearly ten years since I heard my grandfather’s voice — we laid him to rest in Arlington Cemetery in 2003 — but last week a letter arrived by email that brought it right back. In March of 1945, a not-so-young Nathan Hale Olshan was...
by admin | Jan 17, 2013 | News
We have a special houseguest this month, a teenager from China named Wenrui who happens to be our daughter’s classmate and friend. In case you’re wondering, her name is pronounced “When-ray.” Like many Chinese students in the States, Wenrui has...
by admin | Jan 10, 2013 | News
It had been an evening of wine, food, and laughter with good friends, and now it was the day after — December 31st, to be exact, a heavy, bone-chilling, blustery day, perfect for drinking coffee around the kitchen stove. But our guests weren’t...
by admin | Jan 3, 2013 | News
Our daughter has reached the age of fourteen, which means she’s old enough to hear what she was really like as a child. She’ll listen to these stories the way we all suffer such things: eyes wide with fascination, her head in a slightly defensive tilt, a...
by admin | Dec 27, 2012 | News
It may come as a shock, but some of the letters addressed to the author of Up at the Creek are not terribly friendly. My very first column in these pages, way back in April of 2009, took the owner of a humble carwash to task simply for doing his job. If it...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Here are a few of our favorite purchases of 2012. Some of these items made cameo appearances in my columns; some we simply enjoyed; and one of them saved our bacon. Here’s hoping one of them will save yours! For the record, we give as much of our business to...
