Welcome to Transitions by The Book

We are getting to that time of year when we hear about ghosts, goblins, witches and all other sorts of Halloween characters. In fact, last week, we helped one of our daughters, Jill, and her son, Drew, carve several pumpkins…

On this date, October 18th, in 1867, the United States formally took possession of a wilderness land that had previously been owned by Russia. Alyeska, named for the Aleut word meaning "great land" is better known to us today as…

I thought that I knew quite a bit of our country's history, until recently. I loved history when I was in grammar school and also high school. Since then, I have also tried to stay current and so I was…

We are in the middle of one of the most heated political battles of our lifetimes. We need only have watched the first presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate to know that decorum, respect and kindness have already gone out…