Voices

I just wanted to share a story that makes me proud of our youth.  I teach physics at the high school and also am the advisor for National Honor Society.  I have two students, sisters Iza and Gabi Mazur, that moved here from Poland.  Their …

“One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” –Chinese proverb Their stories usually begin with my simple question: what’s the good word?; what’s the hot topic of the day?; what are you …

On Friday morning, millions of people will form insufferably long lines in many of the biggest retail chains in the world to get an extra 10, 15, or 50% off an item in a well-known phenomenon called “Black Friday”. When you start to do the math …

Facebook and other social media outlets are often compared to online, modern-day coffee shops. They are where people meet, greet, share stories, woes of the day, quick nods and smiles, and many times more than a few laughs. This fine morning, as I initiated …

The holidays are coming up, and whatever you may celebrate –Christmas, Hanukkah, Quanza, Festivus- I bet that you have feelings about them (positive or negative is your business, not mine). Anyway, it’s November. We just said good-by to Halloween and …

A diary is often considered to be a private place where one can share their truest thoughts, most candid observations, and what they really feel without worry about how it sounds, who might agree or disagree with your thinking, or whether it is something you …

From farmer to basketball coach, Jersey Shore to city council, professor to pastor, artist to biz girl, attorney to activist, hipster to granola girl, soccer mom to senior dad, the high school, college, x, y, boomer, and greatest generation all sit in these …

As a correspondent for Valpolife.com, I am usually the one with a pen and paper attending an event or in this case, sitting in the audience and secretly snapping pictures, flash off of course, writing about what I just watched; interviewing actors and the …

Do you have the idea for a novel burning inside you, but you’ve never had the chance to sit down and write it? Consider joining thousands of people across in the globe in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Branded as “Thirty Days and Nights …

On Friday, we arrived in New York City and met a girl from Brooklyn, Jessica, who helped us get to the Expo. We got our bibs, checked into our hotel, and went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. While eating, a woman came up to us at dinner with a cell phone …