Val Mccullough

I didn't know about the Gerrish family until last week. Three years ago, this young family — Jonathan (Jon), 45, Ellen, 31, and their baby daughter Miji, ​1​8 months — set out on a hike near their home.

I’m writing about medical matters because I had my second carpal tunnel surgery...

When they were kids, my dad and two of his brothers ​— Charlie and George​ ​—​ shared a bed. They were the “younger boys” in a family of ​1​0 growing up in the early 1900s in Brooklyn, NY.

​I was a slacker parent in the 1950​s and ​​’60s. As a dyed-in-the-wool slacker, I wasn’t surprised when the Surgeon General of the United States, ​Dr. Vivek Murthy​, recently reported …

What's the one plumbing fixture you don't want to break down when you have a house full of company — a family reunion/birthday celebration?

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Earlier this month, I heard that ​meteorologist John Morales of NBC's Channel 6 in Miami broke down in tears on air.

Ghosts and goblins are popping up near my house. A skeleton’s hand reaches out from a coffin on a nearby lawn while tombstones look on gravely. (Sorry, I couldn’t pass that up.)

I first met Leonard Urban in 1969. For the next 55 years, his Camelot enriched my spirit. ​ His was a Camelot of potluck suppers, gentle guitar strumming, songs and good conversations.

Last week in downtown Loveland, I got as far as the elevator in a darkened parking garage. I felt proud because I’d memorized the security code for the keypad to enter the professional/apartm…