LIVING YOUR TRUTH: Friendship, gratitude, suicide, and coincidental healing
“Day” in Hebrew is a word that means “enough.” The suffix “-enu” means “to us.” When put together, “dayenu” is a word that means, roughly, “it would have been enough for us,” as in the song “Dayenu,” a Passover song over a thousand years old. The song is like a prayer to God in gratitude […]
Santa Train rolls into 6 NEPA towns on Dec. 5 with live music, activities, and more
From a press release: On Saturday, Dec. 5, Santa Claus will leave his sleigh at the North Pole and come to town early on a train. Six local communities will celebrate Christmas in a small town when Santa and his friends arrive aboard a special train provided by the Steamtown National Historic Site. Now in […]
STRENGTH & FOCUS: How to set your S.M.A.R.T. goal in 5 minutes – and achieve it
We all set goals. Well, to be honest, many of us do. I’m sure you and I can both name a handful of friends and colleagues who absolutely never set goals. When asked why, they probably offer this excuse: “What’s the use? I never achieve them anyway,” which is a sound argument, isn’t it? In […]
SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Spanky (brindle pit bull) and Donald (tabby cat)
Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]
LIVING YOUR TRUTH: The conversation about HIV/AIDS has changed, yet stays the same
I remember the first time I heard of AIDS. It was some documentary my parents were watching, something about a woman who was dying of a disease doctors knew very little about, back in the late ‘80s. I asked my mom what had happened, and she told that the woman lost her immune system, and […]
SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Bobo (beagle mix) and Andy (white cat)
Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]
LIVING YOUR TRUTH: When all the LGBT news is negative, depression can sneak up on you
In this week’s column, let’s talk about depression. Because it’s real, it sucks, and I have it. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been two weeks since I last wrote an article. Trust me, it wasn’t for lack of things to write about. We had a lot of awful things happening, including Germaine Greer, a […]