Long-hidden family mementos from an all-too-brief life convey a young boy’s voice and talents, as well as his parents’ heartache. I USED TO SEE HIM on family visits to my grandparents’ house in ...

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A reader is torn between attending a final dinner with his uncle, who has terminal cancer, and supporting his father, who wasn’t invited because of an old grudge. By Philip Galanes My father’s brother ...

My dad's grandfather left him a house when he was 2 years old. My grandmother was also on the deed because he was a minor. Fast forward: My dad has been in prison more than he has been out during his ...

(RNS) — I am having breakfast with my Aunt Sylvia. She is 92 years old and as sharp as ever. She is a political junkie and activist. I still remember how, when I was a teenager, she became friendly ...

I grew up in a bohemian household in Southern California where icons of the literary, film, and music worlds would often converge. On any given evening, there might be a noted author in our living ...

In his Oct. 25, 2025, article in the Times Record, “Realizing (at last) that history matters,” David Treadwell shows us that ...