As the holidays get closer, my mailbox overflows with offers to give money to different organizations.  Most days, there are several thick envelopes with “stuff” inside.   There are return address labels, notepads, all-occasion cards drawn by kids, or a calendar. ...

Fall always means transition.  Summer is over, school starts, days turn crisp, and, as a huge bonus, there are caramel apples available everywhere.  Every year in our part of the world, the trees get perfectly magical before the leaves disappear altogether.  It’s a...

Community Purse meetings are a blast.  It’s a party we are all invited to, where we leave feeling better than when we came.  Most of the same people come and some we may only see once a quarter, so the mood is upbeat and joyful.  At the McHenry Chapter meetings there...