North Carolinians have an unique art form to help make a breath-taking statement: barn quilts. Plan a trip anchored by one of the many barn quilt trails throughout the state.

Once the quilts are made, the local group then awards the quilt to a veteran by symbolically wrapping them with the quilt.

If only they’d sit and quilt. Hobby Farmers’ Daughter Lizzie Bailey writes from the heart of Pennsylvania, one story, and one stitch, at a time.

Our moms and grandmothers called it the “change of life” — that age of hot flashes and mood swings. Many expect those symptoms during menopause. But along with sweating and weight gain comes something ...