If you’d like to mix up your workout routine, look no further than Total Fusion, the new boutique fitness studio at 347 Halstead Avenue in Harrison in the shopping center near Big Top Stationary and the Harrison Bakery.

Wainwright House has proclaimed May Women’s Month with heartening and energizing programs and events that focus on fulfilling women’s needs in particular. Why not celebrate the multi-dimensional women in our lives with the non-profit center’s gifts that keep on giving this Mother’s Day?

One time someone did something really nice for me. I was full of gratitude so, naturally, I wanted to thank her. 

When I was a boy, I used to climb a tall hemlock tree that grew in my backyard. Fortunately for me, there was a natural perch, where two branches joined with the central trunk, about 25 feet up.