by Joyce Coronel | Mar 13, 2021 | Tidbits
We may have grown up in the scorched desert of Arizona, but our mother made sure we five kids never forgot our Irish heritage. And it wasn’t a matter of simply wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day, either.
by Joyce Coronel | Feb 16, 2021 | Tidbits
Why do we give up stuff for Lent? The answer is more complex than you may have imagined.
by Joyce Coronel | Feb 13, 2021 | Tidbits
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and at our house that can only mean one thing.
by Joyce Coronel | Jan 1, 2021 | Tidbits
Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, more and more people began walking the winding cement trail that hugs the network of canals in our part of the desert. Riding bikes, pushing strollers, jogging—entire families, couples, lone walkers listening to podcasts or music—my...
by Joyce Coronel | Dec 20, 2020 | Tidbits
Thousands of people gather in Downtown Phoenix every December (unless there’s a wicked pandemic about) to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. A young woman from the community dresses up as la Guadalupana and stands atop a float in the long parade that snakes through...
