Storm: Some shoes have a story

May 20, 2012 - 3:51am

My little dog Ollie has a fondness for shoes. No, I haven’t caught him browsing online for discount Hush Puppies (that would be kind of awesome, actually).

Storm: Don't take words for 'granite'

May 6, 2012 - 3:53am

I make my living with the language, and despite the occasional reader who tells me I have no business doing so, I enjoy it.

Storm: When a lap dog runs laps

April 22, 2012 - 3:53am

In the last few years of his storied life, my dachshund Clifford was not exactly active.

Janet Storm: Beware the glare

April 8, 2012 - 3:53am

My mother was a formidable woman. Heading a household with five stubbornly independent children, there was never any doubt she was in charge.

Storm: From sorrow to renewed hope

March 18, 2012 - 3:50am

I never expected the loss of my beloved dachshund, Clifford, to be easy.

Janet Storm: Acquainted with the night

March 4, 2012 - 4:50am

Visit almost any large office this time of year and you’ll likely be serenaded by the sound of coughing.

Storm: No leap too high for hungry dog

February 19, 2012 - 4:50am

A former editor once told me there were three story topics that never failed to elicit reader response.

Storm: Love is the thing we remember

February 5, 2012 - 4:50am

In the end, Clifford’s head bobbled up and down slightly as he walked. His face looked as though it had been dipped in powered sugar.

Storm: Freedom isn’t always free

January 22, 2012 - 4:50am

Speak to any veteran or active service member about freedom, and eventually this simple truth will emerge: Freedom isn’t free.

Storm: My wish for the coming year

January 8, 2012 - 4:50am

When the new year rolls around, I rarely make a list of resolutions. Perhaps I dislike the idea of self-improvement on a specific timetable.

Storm: Saving animals helps people

December 18, 2011 - 4:55am

If you had the chance to save a life, would you do it? How about multiple lives?

Storm: Laziness is new standard

December 4, 2011 - 4:55am

If anyone needs a grim glance at the direction in which this country is heading, he or she needs look no further than the TV screen.

Storm: Starving for friendship

November 20, 2011 - 4:52am

My younger sister Nancy has started blogging about her life. The mother of three boys, she mostly writes about parenting issues.

Storm: Crossing spans of uncertainty

November 6, 2011 - 4:53am

My mother was unnerved by heights. She deftly avoided most situations where she would be forced into the stratosphere.

Storm: River trip a washout

October 9, 2011 - 3:50am

While working in the Reflector newsroom about a week ago, I detected the distinctive whoosh of driving rain on the roof.

Storm: The sanctity of marriage?

September 25, 2011 - 3:50am

For the past several weeks I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about marriage — its traditions, its importance, and yes, its sanctity.

Storm: Sprinting to new point in history

September 11, 2011 - 3:50am

I've spent most of my adult life working in newsrooms.

Storm: Get ready for a dachshund invasion

August 28, 2011 - 3:50am

I recently read that Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters.

Storm: What burns away is sometimes lost

August 14, 2011 - 3:50am

The photos from London were almost unimaginable: faces twisted in fury and defiance, historic buildings engulfed in flame.

Storm: A club born of sorrow

July 31, 2011 - 3:50am

If there was ever a club most people would be loath to join, it would be the 27 Club.

Storm: Students and cost of college

July 17, 2011 - 3:50am

My parents met in teachers college. It's little wonder that they both held higher education in high esteem.

Storm: Magic of holding a book

July 3, 2011 - 3:50am

A recent study found that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books.

Storm: A dog’s top priority

June 19, 2011 - 3:50am

I have a friend who owns two dogs.

Storm: Want to be heard? Speak up

May 29, 2011 - 3:50am

When I was in college, I took a media law class as part of my major.

Storm: Does celebrity trump ability?

May 8, 2011 - 3:50am

“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.