I don't read a lot of fiction--especially supernatural fiction--but when a Facebook friend recently posted about a new book called Linco...

During one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln told a story about gingerbread men. When he was a child, his mother made some g...

During the school year, my 7-year-old daughter's favorite pastime was writing and illustrating stories. Sadly, she hadn't written a ...

Welcome to Part 2 of Presidentress' historical tour of New York! You'll remember from Part 1 of my tour that people like rubbing,...

Cute animal videos are all the rage, so I figured I'd combine people's love of furry creatures with one of our greatest presidents. ...

When I was 10, my dad and I drove from Chicago to Disney World. Along the way we made several stops, including Springfield, Illinois, to see...

I made a Twitter account for Presidentress a few weeks ago when I learned there's a guy who tweets as Richard Nixon, just like Nixon wou...

The Presidentress Family decided to end the summer with a bang, by visiting South Bend, Indiana. South Bend had not been on my extensive a...

It's never too early to start planning for Halloween, and thanks to a bout of insomnia the other night, that's exactly what I'm ...

A few days ago, my friend Becky gave me an Edgar Allan Poe finger puppet . This was cool, because it's an Edgar Allan Poe finger puppet....

You'd think "Who's your favorite president?" is something I get asked a lot, but it isn't. Mostly people ask "Why...