We all want to live, survive, and avoid pain. Survival, adaptation, and self-preservation is a normal drive. Psychologists, however, encounter people who do not have suicidal thoughts, do not want to die, but deliberately harm their body and do acts of self-injury. This perplexing behavior ...

The Winter Olympics have arrived, that quadrennial phenomenon that should be called the “It’s Cold Enough Out There to Freeze the Whiskers Off a Polar Bear!” I have nothing against people who enjoy winter sporting events. But I’ve had my fill of cold, having grown up in a drafty old ...

The next few days offer plenty of reasons for midwinter celebration, plenty of reasons to be happy and to enjoy time with family and friends. Valentine’s Day happens today. I’m sure many people of all ages will get valentines and maybe eat out. It’s not just for couples. It’s a day to ...

Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. Margo and Ian have been losing real estate bidding wars for ...

Dear Readers, Valentine’s Day has a funny way of making people take attendance of who remembered the holiday, who didn’t, who has plans, who pretends they do, who smiles at the grocery store display of roses and who speeds past it like it might ask a personal question. If today feels ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been friends with the same group of women since our children were in grade school. We’re now in our late 50s and early 60s, and for years this group has been my main social circle. We’ve shared weddings, divorces, illnesses and losses. I will always value them for ...