Easy-to-get business loans have looser qualification requirements and are faster to fund than traditional bank loans. The catch? They often come with higher interest rates and shorter repayment terms.

“Quilting is mostly singing,” according to Nettie Young of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Like singing, quilting is often a communal activity. Quilters gather to cut, piece, and stitch layers of fabric together ...

The author is Michael A. DeMarco, an Erie native who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and writes under the last name DiMarco, ...