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An Old Story As the world evolves and the hero and heroine take on new meaning in an ever unfolding new mythology, I find it particularly fun to look back…

What I Thought… My four grandparents died between the ages of 53 and 77. My longest-living grandmother died at age 77, and she seemed old from my 27-year-old perspective. Now…

The best month of the year to idle is August. Idling is just astonishing! Don’t you just love the word “IDLE?” The definition of idle is “(1) (of a person)…

Who is Entitled to the American Dream? The simple answer is anyone who is an American citizen. Early on in our history there is a stubborn refusal by our forefathers…

American Dream? An element of the American Dream, much overlooked, is the fact that our country is in an on-going attempt to build the definition of “who is an American…

WHAT IS THIS FEELING? Following last month’s DM post on the Italian Diaspora, the next logical step is to reflect on WWI. Rummaging through a few boxes, a photo turned…

Italian Diaspora Book-ended by the French Revolution and WWII are the stories of millions of Europeans whose lives were transformed during the age of industrialization and scientific advances. These years…

Lenten Rituals In Myths To Live By, Joseph Campbell describes a ritual as “an organization of mythological symbols; and by participating in the drama of the rite one is brought…