Moving out of deprivation
Tom immigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. He was recently asked, “Do you like living in the United States better than Italy?” Circumstances had a lot to do with his answer. “Living in the United States is better,” said Tom. Tom easily remembers being eleven-years old

posted 10:07:15am Dec. 11, 2013 | read full post »

Light in the dark
Our Christmas tree stands outside. After Thanksgiving, we decorate it with lights. During the Holiday, the tree will often have a dusting of snow on it. The significance of modest, lovely, comely light goes down through history. Here are verses Genesis 14-18 from 4 different Bible versions: From

posted 8:05:30am Dec. 08, 2013 | read full post »

Caroling Time of the Year!
Here is a Sicilian Hymn that I don’t hear too often at Christmas time. It's strikingly lovely and I would like to share the words with you: O Thou Joyful Day “O thou joyful day, O thou blessed day, Gladsome, peaceful Christmastide. Earth’s hopes awaken, Christ life hath taken, Praise Him

posted 5:22:47am Dec. 05, 2013 | read full post »

NY SAFE Act gets me thinking
As a resident of New York, I’ve heard a lot of ruckus about the New York Safety Act. Governor Cuomo passed the NY SAFE Act in the middle of the night at the beginning of year 2013. The Act imposed greater restrictions on gun owners, gun licensing, and gun sales. Needless to say, gun owners were

posted 9:01:45pm Dec. 01, 2013 | read full post »

Experimenting with cookies
I just made some oatmeal/cranberry/chocolate chip cookies. Spectacular. The recipe wasn’t spectacular. My mixing and baking technique wasn’t spectacular. It’s what I did with those cookies that proved spectacular. I put some in a plastic bag and personally delivered them to co-work

posted 10:22:43pm Nov. 29, 2013 | read full post »