By: Emily Powell Religion has affected fashion throughout its development. Clothes were originally worn for modesty or to worship the Gods. Fashion is now less practical and used as a form of... Read more >>

Let’s say we become Mr. Prince and Mrs. Cinderella. We have beautiful babies and live in that gorgeous white house with picket fences. Say we have a nice family van. I stay home and Mr. Prince... Read more >>

I don’t remember the exact year, but it was sometime in the mid-1970s that the U.S. (or at least the major media) said it was experiencing a recession. Gas stations were closed on Sundays... Read more >>

“How are you? Both A and B are married already. How about you?” This was asked by a friend. This question is one of the most dreaded questions one dares to ask me every now and then. ... Read more >>

Ever seen the movie Pay It Forward, or have any of anyone of you ever “passed it on,” like the commercial? No? Well I didn’t think so. When was the last time that you ever... Read more >>

Go ahead. Make fun of us. Call us “dumb American tourists.” Tell us we glamorize violence and that Hollywood holds way too much power over us. Wring your hands and remind us for the... Read more >>

Yes, people probably assume I’m a Democrat, with my liberal point of view and counter-cultural tendencies. However, I am actually registered independent of any political party … Read more >>

We’ve all been there—stuck in an endless traffic jam, cursing the other drivers for whatever is making them slow to a snail’s crawl. And then as we get closer to the point of... Read more >>

America is a big country, and our size, along with our diversity, means a wide variation in our regional accents. That’s a beautiful thing in theory, but the accents themselves aren’t... Read more >>

Yesterday, it was ninety-nine degrees here, so when Punky asked if we could get ice cream at the Baskin-Robbins next to the neighborhood post office where we’d gone to run an errand, I think I... Read more >>