A message beeped on my stepfather’s cellphone, but he ignored it. The notification chirped again. Still, no reaction from him. “Aren’t you going to check the message?” I asked. “I know ...

I was eager to make her family favorite, meatloaf ... These recipes are quick, easy and require minimal clean-up. Contact Susan Hazlett at [email protected] or write to her in care of ...

This column about a wood bench at our family homestead originally ran 25 years ago, in March 2000. At that time my grandmother was still living and we enjoyed many afternoons together on the bench.

That simple afternoon routine is fondly remembered by the family 70 years later ... offering encouraging words made all the difference. Hazlett: All-you-can-eat buffet debate At age 92, Rita ...

Hazlett, 97, beloved mother ... but with strength and faith she and her family survived and created a new life. After high school, where she attained excellent English language skills, she ...

Technically, he explained, ticks are arachnids, members of the spider family. Not insects. “Just get them off!” I wailed. Hazlett: Family recipes cook up goodness — sometimes Ticks 1 and 2 ...

Hazlett: Celebrating four-legged members of the family Christianity tells us Jesus Christ died on Good Friday (which is observed today), rose from the dead on Easter Sunday and eventually ascended ...

That's nice, but every day at the Hazlett household is Pet Day. In fact, calling our two dogs “pets” is an almost insult to the four-legged members of the family. They have equal ...

Sissy Blissman, the sweetest person you’d ever want to know, thinks this spring is windier than previous years. “Doesn’t it seem like the wind is worse this season?” she asked as her hair ...

Family members, however, must have a combination of perseverance, love and perhaps a touch of insanity. Why else would a rational person willingly endure uncomfortable hours of whipping winds ...

Hazlett: Respiratory illnesses are nothing to sniff at Old-timers around here know, however, it may be a little too early to put away the winter gear. This is the Midwest, and it can snow (and has ...

No, there has not been an interruption in marital bliss at the Hazlett household ... I sequestered myself away from the family. Thankfully, my husband and daughter did not catch the virus.