Vickie Aldous & Angela Decker

French parenting

Life as a sports widow

Baseball season is back, which means that once again I'm a sports widow.
Firewise kids

The Ashland library and Ashland Fire & Rescue are teaming up May 5-12 to promote fire safety for kids.
Promoting books in the age of YouTube

We've all seen movie trailers, those short videos used to advertise movies in television ads, at the cinema and on the Internet.
A Wild Memoir

I am not a hiker or a camper or even much of a walker in the park, but I love stories about people who do crazy things like hike the Appalachian...
Gallery brings big-city artists to town

Most galleries share the same dilemma: How do they stay loyal to the stable of artists they represent, while also making room for new works by...
Chautauqua: Barry Lopez

Oregon-based essayist and fiction writer Barry Lopez is coming to Ashland on Friday, April 20.
A bit of Ashland in 'Portlandia'

Has this ever happened to you in Ashland?
A great book for chicken fans

It seems that nearly everywhere I go these days, people are talking chickens.
Everybody Zumba!

I love Latin music, and I love a good workout. So when I heard about Zumba, the Latin-inspired, dance-based fitness craze, it sounded like fun.
You either get it or you don't

Visitors to the March exhibit at Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland are generally having one of two reactions.