Boats bob gently in the water while people sit and watch. The drawbridge opens and closes to let boats through, and folks stop what they’re doing to see it happen. It’s simple entertainment that ...

Sundays in the Boomer household are typically dedicated to finishing up household chores, mowing the lawn and the like before ...

Leaving a small town doesn’t mean leaving behind its habits—you likely carry more of them into adulthood than you probably ...

Dan Buettner's iconic National Geographic cover story transformed our idea of what makes for a long, healthy life. It's now ...

How do you properly break a fast? What's the first thing you think about in the morning? Breakfast, quite literally, is when you break your fast-because of all those hours overnight that you go ...

As a faculty member at the University of Texas, I often watch our football team play on fall Saturdays. During last week’s game, there was a penalty on the Longhorns’ defense. The referee called the ...

I own a lake house. It’s not a waterfront property, but it’s in a nice area where several families have permanent residence. A local family — husband and wife — lost everything in their home to a ...

DEAR ABBY: Our neighbors, “Wanda” and “Bob,” have agreed to care for our house and cat when we vacation. We told them we’d like to pay them for their troubles, but Wanda says they want to do it for ...

California law sets clear rules for marijuana use — from how you can travel with weed to where it’s legal to smoke. What if you don’t partake? When the scent of a neighbor’s joint wafts into your yard ...