During my most recent trip to California, my four-year-old, book-loving Josephine asked me to read “The Pout Pout Fish” again. And again....

I am a child of the 60s--1960 to be exact. I was three years old when President Kennedy was assassinated, but I still remember my mom...

This week Charlotte (our mini dachshund) and I are spending the week with two of our granddaughters--seven year-old Laney and five...