Skip navigation
Striking Miners
In 1935, striking coal miners gathered outside Nine Mile Port Colliery in South Wales. Kitty Schindler’s father was then a coal miner in eastern Pennsylvania, where a major coal strike had nearly panicked the nation.
Maeers / Getty Images file
Recent Ask Kitty columns
How has health care changed? Ask Kitty
Former nurse, 85, recalls kitchen-table surgery and 25-cent hospital visits
Why should you see America first? Ask Kitty
Remembering an epic summer trip through national parks and landmarks
July 4 is about more than fireworks — Ask Kitty
It’s also time to meditate on freedom, as her father did at Statue of Liberty
advertisement



advertisement | your ad here

  Ask Kitty with Kitty Schindler
Kitty Schindler, 85, grew up one of 10 children of a Pennsylvania coal miner during the Depression. Now she shares her perspectives on these challenging times with TODAYshow.com readers. If you have a question or comment for Kitty, send her an e-mail! To Ask Kitty, click here.
advertisement | your ad here
TODAY
Poling on the river: He’s the last of the ferrymen
Ashley Pillar, 30, is the last of the old-fashioned river ferrymen, using a 15-foot pole to propel a barge carrying people and cars across the James River in Virginia. But its voyage through the past may soon be part of the past itself, a casualty of ebbing state funds.

  Your FirstPerson stories
TODAY’s 10 cutest cats in the country
Here they are, America! We asked you to select the cutest cats in the country, and TODAYshow.com readers responded by picking these 10 fluffy, furry felines as the winners!

The Week in...  
  
Image:
THE NEWS-REVIEW
  Animal Tracks
A dog in dreads, two finicky sea turtles, a chilled-out chimp and monkeys and meerkats with pumpkins – find all that and more photos of creatures great and small.
Image: A fan in Times Square reacts to a play while watching the New York Yankees play the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 before going on to win the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series in New York
Reuters
  The Week in Pictures
Yankees fans, Pakistan train crash, festival of lights, Iran protest, rodeo clowns, H1N1, toddler bowling and more news and feature photos from around the globe.
Image: 92605747
AFP - Getty Images
  The Week in celebrity sightings
A German television show goes Gaga, Kristen Stewart takes a walk for charity, Hayden Panettiere cheers on the Lakers in L.A. and more.

Sponsored links

Resource guide