Rita N. Wolfson

The highest praise given to the most important holiday to celebrate   in the month of October is HALLOWEEN. Halloween is an ageless holiday.

As I gaze out my window, I am privileged to watch two elegant mute swans gracefully glide across the Charles River on their early morning journey. They bring an elegance of grace, beauty, and contentment to the start of my day. Mute swans were brought to America from Europe. They were introduced to ponds in parks and estates as an ornamental attraction, which is still practiced today on private properties. Mute swans are the largest members of the waterfowl family and are amongst the largest...

According to Webster, Hope is a desire accompanied by expectation.