Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...

An endless source of amusement for those of advancing years can come from handing a rotary phone to a teenager and asking them to dial a number with it. It’s rare for them to be stumped by a piece of ...

It’s an ordinary, old black pay phone, its push buttons faded by decades of fingers pressing the numbers. But I like to call it the world’s most beautiful pay phone, thanks to its front-row view of ...

There was a death in our household last week. Our landline went to the big switchboard in the sky. We had moved to a new house. It wasn’t very far away. Just about a half-mile down the road and still ...