Last month’s article showed that today’s unmarried couples have more legal rights than they did a half-century ago. This raises the big question: Why get married? During the marriage There are several financial benefits for married couples. Probably the most talked about is the ability...

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and made famous by the Byrds’ version of the song in 1965, Turn, Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season) compiles a list of many of life’s most potent...

From a young age we are taught to respect our elders. This is for a good reason: With age also comes wisdom. . . Usually. Unfortunately wisdom is not the only thing that comes with age. There’s the other run-of-the-mill stuff of course: grey hair, wrinkles, less spring in your step, maybe the...

“Good fences make good neighbors.” – from “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost During the long, hot days of summer there’s more time to work and play outside and more opportunity to interact with neighbors. Mostly our lives are enhanced by this close contact. Sometimes, however, this interaction isn’t always...

Perusing the LocalsGuide right now, you know that Ashland is chockfull of small business owners. That means that Ashland is also teeming with people putting heaps of time and energy into getting their businesses up and running. Most of the new business owner’s attention is focused on developing the...

The old saying goes, “You cannot escape death and taxes.”  Nobody likes to think about death. Are you so fearful of death that you have not planned for your own? Also, chances are that sometime in your life you will experience the loss of a loved one.  Amidst the emotional grief and turmoil, there...