Diaries may conjure up visions of middle school girls writing about crushes or anthropologists uncovering new material about a significant historical figure; however, journaling is a tool available ...

Dear Abby: I'm a 16-year-old girl who accidentally left my diary on the counter and my mother read it. When she told me, I was disappointed and hurt. To me, a diary is a place I can escape to and feel ...

Squeezed onto the express like silent sardines, adopting a barber and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Dear Diary: It was June 2016, and I was on my way to my ...

Hailing a cab on a rainy night, an unseen hand at the cemetery and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Dear Diary: I had been living in the city for about a year and ...

“Dear Diary” is how I begin every foray into the past. I penned my very first entry — dated “July 25th, Year of Our Lord 1137” — in first grade. Already a future queen at age 15, I became a bride and ...

Dear Annie: I am a 71-year-old husband, father and grandfather. I have a wonderful wife, five children (three are step-children), and grandchildren whom I love very much. However, in my distant past ...

Dear Annie: I recently read the letter from A Better Man Today, who was concerned about people reading his personal diary, particularly about his "dark times." I agree with your answer but would like ...