by Lois Melkonian | Oct 5, 2023
What a week in US politics. You may have heard of a deadline-meeting hint of hope on Saturday when the threat of a federal government shutdown was averted at the 11th hour, after a bipartisan House approved temporary funding to keep agencies open through mid-November.... Read more…
by Lois Melkonian | Oct 21, 2019
My father would have turned 90 last week, and as I marked his birthdate, I found myself feeling his presence in a new way.It was my dad who taught me how to create a compost pile for the garden. As I cleared out the remnants of our tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers... Read more…