Time for Remembrance services next week will give bereaved people a chance to celebrate the memories of loved ones who have died. ...more

October 31, 2009

It's not because I'm single and unattached that Valentine's Day fills me with a kind of internal cringing normally reserved for the sound of nails dragging down a chalkboard. It's not sour grapes or cynicism gone amuck. It's simply that Valentine's Day is, and nearly always has been, a crass, "What the heck am I going to get him or her" competition, that devalues spontaneity, simplicity, romance and - I'm pulling out the big guns here - most of all, love. ...more

February 14, 2009

We all have our Christmas Eve rituals. Mine are taking a drive to see glittering lights, pulling out the stops for a big buffet with friends and family and leaving a note for the jolly fat man next to a plate of homemade cookies. For me, it just wouldn't be Christmas Eve without all three. ...more

December 24, 2008

We all have our Christmas Eve rituals. Mine are taking a drive to see glittering lights, pulling out the stops for a big buffet with friends and family, and leaving a note for the jolly fat man next to a plate of homemade cookies. For me, it just wouldn't be Christmas Eve without all three. ...more

December 24, 2008

If you want to learn about the world, books and maps and videos can only take you so far. Throughout this school year, students at Chasco Elementary School will improve their skills in classroom disciplines as they share their customs, rituals and way of life with children their own age in a distant, exotically unfamiliar land - Michigan. ...more

October 18, 2008

The political season and Halloween are on a collision course, and if ugly were gold, we'd all be rich. ...more

October 12, 2008

Wasn't our country founded on Christian beliefs? Yes, it was. Our forefathers wanted to get away from England and be free to worship God. There must have been much enthusiasm in the beginning, even though there were hardships in this new land. However, as the centuries came and went, Christians became so accustomed to routine and common rituals of life that even now, we the people have lost our love for God. ...more

October 11, 2008

Alicia Schuering's soccer coach and her teachers have nothing but praise for the Hudson High sophomore. ...more

June 8, 2008

Police arrested a group of men planning to attack holy sites around Mecca during the just-completed annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Saudi Interior Ministry said Friday. ...more

December 22, 2007

This week, people across the country will pause to celebrate Thanksgiving. ...more

November 22, 2007