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Easter ever after 10 Apr 2009 | 05:15 am
Last Sunday, my family went to a windswept swathe of space that served as the lawn--acres of it--of the Kansas governor's mansion. We were there along with droves of children and their guardians for t...
High five, hands down 22 Feb 2009 | 10:08 pm
It's no contest, period. No problem if the presentor for Best Director and Best Picture in tonight's ceremony at the Oscar Awards would sleepwalk to the podium and go ho-hum. What's surprising would b...
Bite this book 21 Feb 2009 | 12:36 am
It happens that a book might as well bark at you; its dog ears one too many of its prize-winning pages. "God Laughs and Plays" is the first book I have finished reading so far this year. And there's ...
Star student, proud parents 5 Feb 2009 | 12:54 pm
My eldest son Gabriel Ollivan, who turns six today, recently made it a strain for me and his Wawa to get ourselves immune from immodesty. You see, Avondale West Elementary School recently posted his p...
Good morning, Mr. President! 21 Jan 2009 | 05:39 am
This is the day! All the world wakes up with America embracing a new era. God bless Barack Obama as he rolls up his sleeve along with the rest of the nation and its dreamers and believers of the possi...
Monterey in my mind 19 Jan 2009 | 02:29 am
Four days into the new year, and off I went up in the air. There I was, peering down the plane's window over the desert of Arizona en route to California to join a multi-cultural gathering of writers,...
Holidays and the warmth of home 1 Jan 2009 | 12:22 pm
Let there be more love, joy, good health, safety,wonder, humor, imagination, fortitude, and faith for our family here in Kansas and Cebu for 2009 and beyond. And, yes, peace on Earth in spite of Grinc...
We remember. We celebrate. We believe. 24 Dec 2008 | 10:35 pm
"Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright." ~ Vachel Lindsay "And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold ...
Blowing the blues away 14 Dec 2008 | 11:57 pm
If the footloose Grim Reaper had a favorite song to send him pirouetting on a carpet of petals nipped in the bud, it could be Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." It's supposed to be an ode to...
In the line of faith 14 Dec 2008 | 12:37 am
It's one of those things that are inherently pleasant and yet pisses you off in a manner that makes you a tad guilty for feeling that way. Chain letters sent via e-mail, that's it. You want to ignore...