Tag Archives: Holidays and Traditions

This Halloween season has been distinctly different for me. I am having a difficult time because I lost my mother and aunt earlier this year.

Looking for a scary movie this holiday season? Here are some of the scariest, each in its own way.

Superstition is the stuff of ignorance and fear which gives rise to hatred and intolerance.

Shine on, shine on harvest moon Up in the sky, I ain’t had no lovin’ Since January, February, June or July Snow time ain’t no time to stay Outdoors and spoon, So shine on, shine on harvest moon, For me and my gal “Shine On Harvest Moon” by Nora Bayes …

I realized what was happening. My body was turning tricks, but not in a good way.

I trembled at the height of the ride. My bubbly daughter saw my expression, halted in mid-glee, and eeked out a soft, heartfelt plea. "Mom?"

“Halloween” is a month now – haven’t you seen it on your calendar? It begins the weekend before October 1 and runs until, um, Halloween, October 31. The orangy month of Halloween, with its haunted houses, spooky decorations, pumpkin carving, scary movies, TV specials, costume parties, and finally, trick-or-treating, is …

Obviously, the men who almost froze to death at Valley Forge embraced Patrick Henry’s words.

I've measured every patriotic event against that day. All fall short with hyped-up attempts at externally prompting that which can only be internally felt.

If Stuttgart was the scene of rioting and rampaging, we must reclassify the uprisings in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Paris as Armageddon.