***image1***Due to the gravitational pull of the Moon, the Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down. A billion years ago, a day lasted only 18 hours. In about 14 million years, it will be 48 hours

Watching my dad talk on the cell phone was not unlike the way I imagine seeing a caveman handling the same technology...

This has been a season of transforming for us. The metamorphosis began when London and I went with another father/son combo to see Transformers, the summer blo

On this day, every rule was enforced in both English and Spanish: No running, diving, hanging on the rope, ferrets, smoking or change for vending machines.

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Meant to be community celebration, O'K Day features free admission for all comers and a street fair packed with food, music, interactive crafts and other conduct generally (and happi

When it comes to music and appreciation thereof, I feel sorry for my daughter Poppy having me as a father.

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Every father needs five minutes of peace.

And now, the time has come for us to say goodbye.

Several people wrote recently to ask about how I got to know Mexico so intimately. I've sent them emails telling them to watch for my column of May 24, and I'd write about it. I began studying Spa

This coming Sunday would have been my Grandmother Odom's 108th birthday. She was born at the close of the 19th Century and lived to see the close of the 20th Century. I always called her â€