In music, composers sometimes add interesting, ornamental embellishments to their compositions called grace notes. These often-unassuming grace notes add interest to the music we hear. Flourishes.

I hate clutter, although you’d never know it by looking at my desk. This morning I had some free time, so I decided to go through the piles of notes and scribbles scattered around, which usually ...

If you want to cause a stir, put two experts on the social graces together, and bring up the subject of thank you cards. You know, those little notes your mother told you to write that you thought ...

The great painters of the Renaissance looked upon drawings with particular affection; they exchanged them with fellow artists as a mark of respect. Their students pored over them for clues to their ...

No chaos. No uncertainty. No days of waiting. The ghost of Election 2000 did not return to haunt another election. The nation may be as bitterly divided as ever, but this one is in the books. Now it's ...

"Saving Grace"(Tonight at 10 on TNT) A troubled Oklahoma City cop gets some divine assistance in a new drama series starring Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy and Laura San Giacomo. Is the world ready for an R ...

Once again, while cleaning out my column ideas folder I’ve come across notes I’ve written to myself, whether scribbled in the middle of the night so I won’t forget or jotted down on a church bulletin ...