Back when I started in journalism (back in the era of print journalism), I was taught that every news story had to have some research, so it wasn’t just a repeat of what someone else had said. We were supposed to get opposing points of view, if there was a point of view, and if…
Category: Religion
Settlin’ in Tennessee and Thereabouts
We’ve been living in Tennessee for almost a year now. Just this summer, I’ve gone ziplining through the woods at Fontanel, saw Foster the People at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, ate a chocolate covered cricket at the county fair, done stand up paddleboarding, and, oh, experienced a total eclipse. There’s more to tell than I…
The Day of the Dead San Jose 2013
In 2011, my family and I went to the San Jose Museum of Art and made sugar skulls as part of their community day celebrating Dia de los Muertos. As we pulled them out for our Halloween decorations this year, Kelly was nostalgic, and asked to do it again. This year, the festivity took place…
Christians Who Don’t Do Halloween
Kelly told me one of her classmates wasn’t participating in Halloween at all, and that instead of going trick-or-treating, she’d be going over to Chuck E. Cheese that night. I told Kelly another one of her friends (one of her closest companions when we were homeschooling) also eschews all Halloween activities. I explained to Kelly…