Personal Essay

Aug 30, 2022

Health & Family, Personal Essay

Having the Talk

Steven Petrow

Aug 23, 2022

You Oughta Be in Pictures

Gay Haubner

Aug 23, 2022

Your Doctor, My Car, Our Neighborhood

Tim Roberts

Aug 16, 2022

The Kids Need Personal Days, Too

Troy Brownfield

Jul 26, 2022

Why (and How) I Use a Typewriter

Bob Sassone

Jun 07, 2022

Girlfriends

Gay Haubner

A small Afghan child holds onto their mother as they wait with other refugees.

May 26, 2022

American Life, Personal Essay

Helping Afghan Refugees Find Home in Tallahassee

Christina Stanton

Man eating a pastrami sandich

May 11, 2022

Food, Personal Essay

In Search of the Perfect Pastrami

Eric Seidman

Egg creme

Jan 19, 2022

Food, Personal Essay

Remembering Forgotten Foods

Gay Haubner

A boy with a ski stands in a snow covered forest in winter.

Dec 20, 2021

Winter Is Coming

Gay Haubner

The author overcame her fear of the unknown by opening herself to new experiences wherever she could find them. Clockwise from top-left: Trying on traditional headgear in Vietnam; studying with a modern Viking shaman in Norway; meeting with the High Priests of the ancient Samaritans; posing with Drak, a Lucha Libre wrestler in Mexico; visiting a mine in Slovakia, despite a broken wrist; meeting the Cornuz — the star of a medieval festival celebrating the end of cuckoldry in Catalonia; attending a bullfight in Tizimin, Mexico. (Photos by Paul Ross)

Dec 14, 2021

Personal Essay, Travel

Just Say Yes

Judith Fein

Illustration of a woman experiencing a near-death event, where she is walking towards a bright light.

Dec 13, 2021

A Doctor’s Surprising Findings on Near-Death Experiences

Bruce Greyson, M.D.

A woman writing at her laptop computer.

Dec 06, 2021

To My Pen Pal in Hamburg

Caregiver holds hand of elderly patient

Nov 30, 2021

Health & Family, Personal Essay

The Weird, Wonderful Work of Pandemic Geropsychology

Craig Libman

Children pose in their Halloween costumes

Oct 27, 2021

Holidays, Personal Essay

Happier Halloweens

Gay Haubner

People lining up to board a plane at the London Heathrow airport

Oct 06, 2021

I Read the News Today…Oh Boy

Gay Haubner