by Ed Beddingfield | Oct 29, 2021 | Opinion
Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) is an annual observance in Hispanic cultures that offers important lessons regarding the power of memory and gratitude. Actually, it’s not just a one-day event. Catholics and other Christian denominations observe All Saints’ Day...
by John Essick | Oct 29, 2021 | Opinion
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by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 8, 2021 | Opinion
It’s early September, and one of the houses we pass on our neighborhood walk already has a ghost on their front door. They must like Halloween a lot more than we do. We have two pumpkins already, but only because the vine volunteered from our compost soil, and we let...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 28, 2020 | Opinion
Hallowe’en won’t be the same this year, much to the chagrin of many costume-wearing children and pillowcase-toting teens. With COVID-19 still lurking and positive cases spiking again, some towns are banning all trick-or-treating, including church-sponsored...
by Ken Sehested | Oct 31, 2019 | Opinion
My early memories of holiday festivities are varied and mostly pleasant. But Halloween stands out with the most distinct memories because it involved an evening of roaming (without adult supervision) in homemade costumes throughout the small town where I lived,...
