The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

Evie Riski’s dozens of diaries are not only a record of life in North Dakota over the decades, they have helped to solve minor family arguments.

Doerksen, a mother of two children at Border Star Montessori in Brookside, said she likes cursive writing. She believes it has helped her children’s fine ...