Traverse City Record-Eagle Columns

Loraine Anderson: Listening to the quiet

2012-02-13T07:06:00-05:00

Recently, while looking for something else, I find poet Mary Oliver's Instructions for a Good Life: "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it."

Garret Leiva: Reason for season of love

2012-02-13T07:05:32-05:00

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can purchase UPC-marked love.

Kathy Gibbons: Not 'just a cat'

2012-02-12T07:14:55-05:00

I started a new job Monday after being laid off from my last one. That night, I had to write this column to make this week's deadline. But I was having a hard time concentrating on any of it. All I could think about was my cat.

Jack Lessenberry: State's prison problem

2012-02-12T07:14:55-05:00

Someone once said society needed to decide whether it could afford to lock up those it was mad at, or just those we are legitimately afraid of. What seems bizarre is that given Michigan's financial situation, its leaders seem unwilling to make the rational choice.

George Weeks: Snyder and state rebound

2012-02-12T07:14:53-05:00

Adapted in TC: Relationship's strength is at its core

2012-02-11T07:14:57-05:00

In the beginning when we take our vows, few of us think "in sickness" applies right then. Perhaps we'll have to deal with that when we're really old or maybe everything will stay right until we die. In this moment, such matters are not in our reality.

Foodie With Family: Feeding joy

2012-02-09T07:34:05-05:00

The other day, after a protracted conversation about food, my little brother observed that my purpose in life is to make people hungry. As a food writer, there is something to that, but that's not the whole story ... I also feed them.

Amish Cook: Warmth helps stove breaks

2012-02-09T07:30:41-05:00

The sun is shining and it almost seems like spring with the unusual warmth we are experiencing.

Op-Ed: Reform falls on deaf ears

2012-02-09T07:24:42-05:00

Surprise! Would you believe that political systems are stacked in favor of those with money? That's probably been true since the days of the Pharaohs. But these days, two things make the normal much worse in our country.

Garret Leiva: This could change your life

2012-02-06T07:38:29-05:00

We live in a world where schemers, dreamers and spammers stuff our email inbox with can’t-miss deals and Nigerian bank windfalls. I, for one, can earn $50,000 in the next 90 days or enter to win a free iPad2. The best part is these wishful dreams can come true without any effort.