I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is read more

I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is going down to the beach.

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of read more

Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of the tango, we might be able to bring back two lost traditions.

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

[Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories] to show that a regular person could be in the midst of read more

[Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories] to show that a regular person could be in the midst of the craziness of the time, ... He was our historian.

The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements,

The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements,

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre

A page has been opened on the path to modernization.

A page has been opened on the path to modernization.

While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most read more

While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.

All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely read more

All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.