There are lots of new parents out there. And there are quite a few around-the-blockers like me, as well. And sometimes, we olden folk like to leave some breadcrumbs along the trail of the parenting extravaganza for the new generation on which to nibble. Think of them as nuggets of ...

In the words of the iconic Joey Tribianni of “Friends” fame (aka Matthew LeBlanc), “How YOU doin’?” It’s that time of the year I like to call “Blah Season.” Well, I don’t like it but it does seem appropriate, nonetheless. Hmpf. January in northeast Ohio is not for the ...

We all know we’re supposed to have it. It’s one of the greatest (or at least most often mentioned) virtues. It’s more difficult to master than a Ph.D. OK, fine, I have no idea if that last one is true. But I’m sure the brainiacs would agree that having patience takes, well, a heck of ...

A movie, by the same or similar name, is a remake. And of the all-great screen gems of all time, there is one that seems to keep surfacing like an apple for which someone is about to bob, you see. “Willy Wonka,” aka, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” aka “Wonka” … are ...

We make them every year right around this time. We pledge, either aloud or just internally, that these will be the rules — or maybe in some cases the lack thereof? — for the coming year. You know where this is going, don’t you? Resolutions. Hmm. The process is a bit of tricky ...

Editor’s note: Every year at this time, Patty Kimerer puts on her rhyming cap, the one with elf ears, and pens a play on Clement C. Moore’s famous poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” perhaps better known by its opening line, “’Twas the night before Christmas…” Following is her ...