I got a new iPhone last week. I was pretty excited for about a minute. Then I remembered I’m not a millennial. What’s worse, I’m a Generation X-er who’s not tech savvy but thinks she is. I thought I had the setup all under control. I downloaded all my photos from the iCloud. I ...

If it isn’t a Nashville awards show touting top country music performers and incredible songwriters, odds are I’m not settled in on the living room couch, tuned in with my feet propped up. My husband and I typically see only a few new movies a year at the theater. And our home streaming ...

It’s never good when the telephone rings at 4 a.m. My mother reminded me of that fact when she called me later on Monday morning to tell me that she and Dad had received a dreaded 4 a.m. telephone call informing them that my uncle had passed away. My dad’s older brother, Stanley — ...

Hopefully, by now, your body’s internal clock has gotten acclimated to rising an hour earlier each day after “springing forward” last weekend. That one measly hour sure seems to require many hours of readjustment. When my boys were babies, the beginning and end to daylight saving time ...

“Fake news!” is the frequent frustrating chant we, in my business, hear too often. Often, the allegation comes from people who disagree with or choose not to believe verified news reports. Sometimes, cries of “fake news” come from people actually in the news story who, for obvious ...

For the third year now, Vindicator readers soon will enjoy what is one of our largest special sections of the year, a two-part series that we call “Almanac.” The product isn’t so new to our newsroom, though. In fact, we’ve been producing the section for our Tribune Chronicle readers ...