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This is the wake of your leaving. in mid-flight, of ash. waving my surrender in the sticky summer wind. Underneath my feet, trampled, are the delicate leaves of a wild rose. Still, they search for sun. In this week’s Earth Matters, Nyack native Evie Toland talks about her poem, Before the Phoenix Returns. Toland was inspired to write the poem after her house nearly burned down in a wildfire this summer. Read the poem below. Who are you? My name is Evie Toland and I currently live in Southwest Colorado. I was born in New York City, but moved to Nyack when I was 8 and spent the rest of my ch...

When a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, it was their self-identification as Christians that struck at the heart of the Baptist leader and religious thinker Russell Moore and led to his decision to speak out against President Trump.

I wrote this post in November 2016 in response to the shocking news that a malignant reality-tv star would become America's 45th president. As his single term ends in sedition, insurrection, violence and death, I think it's time to post this piece again.... Anaïs Nin was born to Cuban parents in France, raised in Europe, Cuba and the U.S., and then settled in Paris after her marriage, establishing herself in its lively arts community of the 1920s and '30s. By the summer of '39, however, facism was rising, war was approaching, and the French government was urging foreign nationals to get out ...

Laura Elliott The making of new year resolutions has been a ritual for some 4,000 years. The Babylonians are said to have been the first to do so—and also the first recorded to hold new year celebrations. Back then, the new year began in mid-March, instead of January, when the crops were planted. Spring has always made more sense to me for a new beginning, and was the case for a long while until circa 46 BC when Julius Caesar came along and established January 1st as the new year. More fascinating facts on the past can easily be found if you care to dig a little further.

11:20 pm, Thu December 31, 2020 The St. Ann police are warning that persons planning to flock to beaches in the parish over the New Year's holiday will be prosecuted if caught.   Superintendent David Whyte, head of operations for Area 2, told Radio Jamaica News that the police will be taking a zero tolerance approach to beachgoers found in breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act.   He said persons have been defying the orders to stay away from the closed beaches in the parish.   Several beachgoers were arrested and charged on Boxing Day during operations conducted by the St. Ann police...