Kristen Houghton

I have made the executive decision to be age non-binary. That simply means that my chronological age does not define me at all and that...

Reading is always a wonderful pastime in the best of times and in the worst of times it can be a literal mind-saver. As a...

I worked with a woman who was excellent at her job but had one very serious flaw—she was terrified of failing. Because of that fear,...

“Has the idea of morality changed for us? I mean, one hundred years ago, what was considered moral for women?” A female colleague of mine...

To be honest, I was always someone who ridiculed the idea of taking a nap during the day. I equated it with ‘getting older’. If...

In my grandparents’ neighborhood there was a man who was pretty much what today we would consider to be homeless. He was a former soldier...

Okay people, listen up. This isn’t a drill—we’re in a crisis—a pandemic—and we need to be able to get through this with our mental health...

A strange thing happened to me a year after I retired from my teaching career and transitioned to a full-time writing career—at some unknown point...

Do you read? I mean, real books, magazines; tangible objects you can hold in your hand? I do. Oh, I love my ebook reader for...

A friend of mine was concerned about the upcoming holiday season. Recently married to a man with two adult children, she and her husband were...