I've already received the best gift for Christmas this year. I had the pleasure of reading the more than 1,500 entries to my Hundred Dollar Holiday Haiku Contest. My eyes are bleary, but my heart ...

John J. Dunphy, who lives in Godfrey and owns The Second Reading book shop in Alton, has written haiku for almost any occasion. Here’s a New Year’s poem from Dunphy, ...

Last Christmas season, my husband and I had decided to join a movement called "Hundred Dollar Holiday." We just about made it. Our total Christmas spending came to $137.80, including gifts for our ...

I’ve already received the best gift for Christmas this year. I had the pleasure of reading the more than 1,500 entries to my Hundred Dollar Holiday Haiku Contest. My eyes ...