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BY RANDAL C. HILL
A leisurely drive on a country road can offer a chance to leave city stresses behind for a while and enjoy nature’s scenic wonders.
Sometimes, though, such a usually ordinary event can prove life-changing.
About the music
Near the end of 1970, musicians Bill Danoff and his girlfriend/future wife Taffy Nivert motored along a picturesque two-lane Maryland highway called Clopper Road....
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
Not since I saw former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s exhibit at the Smithsonian and read her book “Read My Pins,” where she wore her serpent pin on more than one diplomatic mission, have I been...
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By Nick Thomas
The closest I’ve ever come to royalty was holding four kings in a game of poker. As a child, however, growing up in a Commonwealth country in the early 60s, we were...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
A little girl, about 7 or 8 years old approached Hillary Clinton and said, “You’re my hero. Who’s yours?” Hillary herself then had to admit that, “Growing up, I...
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By Randal C. Hill
It was the late 1950s, and comic-book sales were stagnating. So was the enthusiasm of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, following two decades in his high-pressure, often-chaotic world of work. He later recalled to Rolling Stone Press, “I got to...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
Tour any model home, and you’ll find popcorn in front of the TV or movie screen, cocktails on the end tables, desserts on trays in the dining room and a...
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By Randal C. Hill
In June of 1970, during a 24-hour break in the Kinks’ touring schedule, leader Ray Davies jetted from New York to London and back—a 6,000-mile roundtrip—in order to change a mere two words...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
As the first female governor of New York assumes her post, she, Kathy Hochul, claims to be independent, promises to speak out for what she believes, and vows to live a life of purpose which is to better the...
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BY RANDAL C. HILL
Batman featured an ear-candy theme song, barbaric death traps, innovative gadgets and repulsive villains (each one represented by a celebrity guest). The show was played for laughs all the way and poked fun at melodrama while injecting pop-culture references into the action. With all this rolled into a presentation best described as “camp”—something...
By Jan Larraine Cox
In these times of COVID-19 and economic woes, who wouldn’t love to escape to a Blue Zone of Happiness? The truth is, we can make some choices today that can lead us there.
National Geographic fellow Dan Buettner has traveled to and written about five...
