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It’s that time of year. Time for twinkling lights and jingling bells and announcements ringing from angelic choirs. Time to wrestle boxes from where they’ve been hiding for the last 11 months and find out what’s in them—expected memories and … Continue reading →

Hey ho, nobody home, Meat nor drink nor money have I none. Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home; Hey ho, nobody home. — Stookey/Batteaste/Mezzetti Peter, Paul and Mary made this traditional English folk tune a holiday favorite … Continue reading →

On October 30, 2010, The Opera Company of Philadelphia along with over 650 members of area choirs gathered unannounced at Macy’s Center City Philadelphia and performed the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah as they milled up and down the aisles … Continue reading →

Maybe you saw it — the photograph of a wooden cross draped with a military dog tag and a purple vestment and crowned with an army helmet. It was a memorial to Capt. Dale Goetz, a chaplain in the US … Continue reading →

Kamala Harris in her victory speech as the new attorney general of California said: “I pledge and make a pledge to work hard every day to make sure the law of this state is on the side of the people … Continue reading →

So it all started with a Merry Un-Birthday Party to celebrate the lives of women without homes.  I have to admit, I was surprised at the reaction. I was thinking that in their current situation these women might be inclined … Continue reading →

“The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” – Mother Teresa In her thoughts on homelessness yesterday, Marti brought up something we … Continue reading →

The majority of us only think of homelessness when someone tries to clean our windshield at an overpass intersection or holds out a cup for spare change. But homelessness happens in other ways, too. In many cases we are just … Continue reading →

So how was your Thanksgiving holiday? I must admit ours was difficult. After a tradition of scads of people over for a seven-course Thanksgiving celebration including my older son and daughter’s friends, neighbors, and relatives from out of state, this … Continue reading →

Much to the chagrin of some, this will probably not be the last word about Roses on Wednesday – at least by me – and today it is not the eve of Wednesday, but of Thanksgiving Day – a day … Continue reading →