This holiday is rooted in an ancient Roman festival, but it didn't become associated with romantic love until Chaucer wrote about courtly love around 1380. In 1537, England declared February 14 as St. Valentine's Day and started sending Valentine cards. By the 1800s, people were exchanging handmade valentines that featured cupids and hearts. Today we send more than 150 million cards each year!...

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Good day folks, with all that is occurring in the world and the uncertainty, it’s busy season for the scammers as they are relying on your scarcity emotions.  SCAMMER Mindset  We have all those people out there wondering how they’ll make rent or buy groceries, so sad actually.  Yet they literally go phishing for targets through platforms such as Instagram, screen shot...

Writing is a humbling activity.  Writing for public consumption over time is even more humbling.  You expose yourself to others, allowing them to see your reasoning, your intellect, and your ability to organize and convey an argument.  But even worse, you expose yourself to being wrong, irrefutably wrong in your judgments, especially if someone drags out your old essays that...

Susan Isaacs interviews artist Nanette Carter, whose journey includes years as an art educator, as well as 17 years as a full-time professional artist sustaining herself through sales of her work. An amazing story. Nanette Carter is featured in a 2-person exhibit at Towson University now through April 23. Be sure to catch it if you’re in the Baltimore area.. Master artist Nanette...