When I was a teenager, my family and I traveled more than 5,000 miles from San Marino (the country, not the city in California) to Seattle for vacation. One of the places I was most excited to visit ...

It’s dusk as I write this, and there are birds with an unfamiliar song serenading those of us who are whiling away the hour before bedtime. We’ve settled into sturdy pieces of wicker furniture, ...

Dear Annie: My sister expects me to make my son, and his friends, spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to spend a lot of time together when they were younger. Her son, ...

Dear Eric: My cousin and his second wife moved to the small town where I live. She has everything going for her, yet she can’t seem to stop complaining. My cousin urged/asked me to befriend her, so ...

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