by Dennis Beaver | guest, homeowner, landlord/tenant, neighbors, tenant
May 13, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver It is human nature to help someone in distress, or at least want to help. That’s how most of us felt night after night while watching the evening news earlier this year when wildfires tore through Southern California, Texas and...
by Dennis Beaver | cancer, compassion, marriage, medical care
Bladder cancer survivors and a therapist share the realities of living with a stoma, why well-intentioned words can be hurtful, and how to be there for loved ones as they rebuild their identity. April 21, 2026 • By Dennis Beaver There is a time when “tough...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
August 7, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, several years ago you wrote a story about a family going through a divorce where the mother and her lawyer did all they could to destroy the children’s relationship with their father. I kept it, fearful that something...
by Dennis Beaver | contracts, marriage
April 13, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver
In their 1969 album, The Age of Aquarius, The Fifth Dimension achieved a major hit with songwriter Laura Nyro’s “Wedding Bell Blues.” It tells the story of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and...
by Dennis Beaver | local media, neighbors, property damage
Some neighbors are just jerks, but that doesn’t mean you have to be. Here’s how to go about creating a paper trail when asking a neighbor to deal with a tree that’s a safety hazard. March 9, 2026 • By Dennis Beaver If your travels bring you to my...
