You are living in a special place. I mean, there is no neighborhood in the world like yours. The people who live in your...

I lost my dad last summer, which made me a card-carrying member of the Grief Club. It’s not a club I wanted to join, but now that I’m...

We all rely on water as a part of our daily lives. We require it for nourishment, cleanliness, cooking, and so much more. Water is so...

I live in a low-wealth, urban center of Minneapolis. Kids here don’t often get the same kind of opportunities suburban and rural kids do....

Last night, just as our family finished watching a movie, we heard a crash. It was so loud that my son dropped to the ground and covered...

Every night when I was a young child, I begged my father to tell me stories from his youth. He called them, “School of Hard Knocks,” and...

It was a cold day in March when I made the two-block walk to the neighborhood community center in the park. The path was lit with...

The last month has seen both of our cars in the shop multiple times. It has been frustrating to navigate our family’s needs and errands...

I painted our house the other day. It’s a small, ranch-style house, so don’t get too impressed. My dad and father-in-law chipped in, too....

This past Sunday we hosted a gathering at our community garden. It was a time for neighbors to come together, help weed the plots,...

Each park in our city has a playground and oftentimes a water feature. A block from our house is our park, and it has a wading pool right...

I needed to shovel the snow for the third day in a row yesterday. I started to shovel in front of our house. Not long after I began...

If you’re trying to unite a neighborhood, it’s common that you will be working with two groups that are very different from each other in...