Many of us have warm memories of going to the library growing up. Browsing the shelves, hoping a new book by our favorite author was there, hoping to find some...
People Are Finding Ways to Maintain Friendships Without
Violating Social Distancing
Amidst the larger issues facing our country and world because of the COV...
Teachers obviously aren’t the only people who have to cope with the loss of the end of the school year. Students are dealing with academic, psychological, and emotional hurdles as well. What probably felt like a fun lark to begin with has turned int...
As the country begins to look toward the possibility of moving forward, at a necessarily measured pace, toward a recovery from quarantine and all its ramificat...
At a time like this, with COVID-19 plunging the world into fear and threatening to push the budgets of many countries against the reef, one could easily feel c...
I grew up in a gardening family. I didn’t fully understand it at the time, but this was a family tradition and also simply a way to put food on the table. Early spring was filled with anticipation as my dad worked on his tiller and bought seeds to p...
Local Teachers Find New Ways to Connect with and Educate Students
One of the huge issues brought on by COVID-19 was the closing of school buildings all arou...
One of the things people are finding as they make their way through this new normal brought on by COVID-19 is that they end up doing things they never planned ...
When a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic hits, individuals and organizations are forced to make tough decisions. Will we follow the guidance of healthcare leaders and stay in? What is the safest, smartest thing to do? As organizations, what is th...
I, like most people in one way or another, am a walking
contradiction. On one hand, I deal daily with anxiety, but only with things
over which I maintain the f...
Joe Stephens is the author of The Shalan Adventures, starring Harry and Dee Shalan. While he's not writing stories of daring-do, he's an award-winning high school English teacher. He's also a big fan of anything nerd, especially superhero.