“Almost there!” is an optimistic cry, triumphant even. It celebrates the fact that we are about to complete a job, solve a problem, or reach...

Among all the figures of speech available to writers, the metaphor is used most to infuse written text with graphic descriptions, making the...

“I can’t sleep well at night,” Anatalia, who just turned 62, complained to her doctor. “I try to sleep early, but I wake up at 2 AM and coul...

Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”  The problem is, there aren’t enough jobs to ch...

This enlightening grace story was told to me by my friend, Shiela, a Sunday school teacher for tweens. She asked her class, “If you want to ...

This piece has nothing to do with alcohol, which the phrase “one too many” refers to: an advanced state of inebriation. It has everything to...

After Miguel was promoted to a high-paying managerial job, he immediately proposed to his fiancee. Now he could afford to build his three-st...

There is a fierce, divisive debate going on in the world, which has recently escalated when the US courts handed down a controversial decisi...

“Am I in your book?” asked one little boy in one of my book-signing events.   “Well, your name is not in this book, but I am sure you will k...

For 10 miserable years, Lorenz was addicted to drugs. It started innocently—a few puffs of marijuana with friends during parties. But the ur...

Crossword clue: “Wave the white flag.”   Answer? Surrender.  The white flag is a sign of truce that requests for negotiation. It also symbol...

Pastor Popoy was ecstatic when he was accepted to teach English in a Cambodian school. Fascinated  by the place and its people early on, he ...

The Flu Bug is as old as the hills. But the Basher Bug is new; it came with VP Leni's announcement to run for president. Unlike the Flu ...

You must have attended many wedding ceremonies through the years, as I have. Then we have all witnessed how the traditional vows have evolve...

Servant-leader (or servant-leadership) is a term credited to Robert K. Greenleaf, who introduced the concept in his 1970 essay, The Servant ...

Several blog posts ago, I wrote about rhodophobia , the fear of PINK. That was tame.  This fear has become virulent and violent—fake news pe...

This announcement must have passed my socmed wall a hundred times from different  kakampinks since mid-June. What's so important about ...

Just before the presidential election, Gene sent me a photo of a lovely pink flower via Messenger with this note: “My first-ever collection ...

James Freeman Clarke, an American theologian and author, wrote in the 1800s, “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the ...

“Needed ASAP! An off-the-wall advertising idea for my beleaguered brand,” the client directed the ad agency creative director (CD).   The CD...

People have defined friend in countless ways.  “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” Arnold H. Glasow ...

Funny? It should be. In the context of the PINK campaign, this should be hilarious.  This is not meant to trivialize phobias, because they e...

“Move on!” The red camp taunts us, as if it were a heinous crime to speak about the presidential election. It’s a phrase meant to muzzle tho...