The Power of a Word

Nail-biting, over. Furtive checks to the website, unnecessary. Plan B, not activated.
One word changes everything: “Congratulations!” My son was accepted to his first choice college, Class of 2012. That’s how the letter from the admissions director began, and the future was immediately clearer (if more expensive for his parents).
The mood around the house in the [...]

Travel arrangements

I think travel agents used to do what I spent several frustrating hours doing last week. Then again, for individual travelers like my son and me, the profit margin is probably so tiny (if it exists at all), that we are left to fend for ourselves.
To visit colleges in June, I booked one-way tickets to [...]