Asheville Citizen-Times 5/10/2015 – Ted Alexander, Columnist – Editor’s note: While the people in this column are real, their names have been altered to protect their privacy.

Asheville Citizen-Times 4/27/2015 – Ted Alexander, Columnist – Remember that old Christmas song, “Later on, we’ll perspire as we dream by the fire …” No?

Asheville Citizen-Times 3/22/2015 – Ted Alexander, Columnist – Last summer I had just returned from picking up the newspaper when I heard a crash in the shower.

Asheville Citizen-Times 2/24/2015 – Ted Alexander, Columnist – Just as we were approaching the San Francisco International Airport, the captain spoke over the public address system.

Asheville Citizen-Times 1/28/2015 – Being stalked is scary stuff.

Asheville Citizen-Times 12/24/2014 – My wife likes to garden.

Asheville Citizen-Times 11/22/2014 – After turning off the baseball game, I drove aimlessly around the local streets, crossing vacant railroad tracks, passing an ivy-covered Irish pub, before arriving at the old elementary school that had become a public library.

Asheville Citizen-Times 10/29/2014 – Deb was on a weekend getaway-birthday celebration with a group of girlfriends.

Asheville Citizen-Times 09/09/2014 – Households in the New York suburb where I lived at the time were shredded, with parents, sons and daughters missing.