When Dagny McKinley answered an ad for a dog sled guide in Steamboat Springs Colorado, she never expected to make over 100 new canine friends.  In her book Wild Hearts: Dog Sledding The Rockies, she chronicles the past three years she’s spent lifting 50 pound blocks of meat, 150 pounds of kibble and water, clipping [...]

Planning on becoming a single mother by choice?  Kathy Tuite will give you a reality check.  She’ll tell you how hard it is and how expensive it will be, going it alone.  And once you understand how involved she was in the transformation of Nettelhorst Elementary in Chicago, from a run-down school into an example [...]