Rachael Barlow

Crash! My feet collapse, the snow thrusting my legs knee deep in ice. Woodsy smells greet my nose, and the snow lice, so active last week in these woods, are...

I've done a bad thing. Sitting in the corner of our "school room" is an unattended chicken halfway into the mummification process. The natron it's sitting in -- OK, it's...

Child's play is not always innocent. Read or watch "Lord of the Flies," and you can't help noticing that the child in charge leads through sheer strength of opinion. Observe...

"Laura, let your sister lead for this part of the hike," I said. "You don't need to be first all the time." I must repeat this phrase to each child...

"Good morning, Katherine," I said, watching my 10-year-old daughter sit up in our tent. "Who's up, Mom?" she mumbled, barely coherent but slipping on cozy fleece pants and a sweatshirt....

PEPPERELL -- At her Aug. 11 yard sale, 13-year-old Elizabeth Jeffrey's efforts began to pay off. She'd spent weeks collecting items for House of Hope, a homeless shelter in Lowell....

Correspondent GROTON -- At her August yard sale, 13-year-old Elizabeth Jeffrey's efforts began to pay off. She'd spent weeks collecting items for House of Hope, a homeless shelter in Lowell....

GROTON -- "Mom, Mom, hurry up! The fire engines are back!" Six year old Michael Lawton was excited last week as he spotted fire trucks outside. More than 20 firefighters...

"As I comforted my youngest child while we watched Narima board the bus, I realized I had gotten much more than I expected," said Lisa Clemetson of Pepperell. "I knew...

GROTON -- Along the hills of Groton's Hillbrook Orchard, the sounds of our colonial roots took hold as local people participated in a "shape note" sing during the recent Civil...