When my wife  and I first bought our home in the country, I dreamed of planting trees that lined the property and orchard of fruit trees of every kind…

“It is not the critic who counts” -- Theodore Roosevelt might well have been talking about your “frenemies” -- those people who think they are doing you, or the greater world, a service by criticizing, complaining, cutting down your efforts with their words of alleged helpfulness.

In a recent interview with CNN, David Kessler grief expert and co-author of the book “On Grief and Grieving” with renowned bereavement expert Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, said “There’s something about the rituals being done the right way,” He acknowledged that virtual funerals “may feel wrong, impersonal, or sacrilegious. But what’s worse is people’s grief not being witnessed.”

Dear Friends, Chemistry was never my strong suit in school, but this week, family members have inspired me to put away my doubts and fears of cooking for my family and turn to the kitchen for a new experiment