Well, it drizzled on their parade, but all in all it was a great day for Red Sox fans yesterday. Most reports indicated a triumphant day full of gratitude, atonement, well wishes, good cheer and tidings. Great job, Boston, and good luck next year.

Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics on how to make Halloween less of a trick and more of a treat.

Well, the Red Sox did it. The curse has been 86′d (I couldn’t help it). Congrats to all of our New England brethren; however, the question for next season — and forever after — will be: Now what?

Remember to vote. Remind all those around you too. Get them out, get your neighbors out. Get it all out next Tuesday!

We just got back from a fall foliage road trip up through Connecticut to Berkshire County, Massachusetts. What a spectacle. For all of you out there living in non-deciduous forest lands, get out to New England, the Northwest, Rockies, Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan all the way down to Tennessee — the fall colors will inspire and awe you like nothing before.

Could the Red Sox do it? If last night’s NLCS game 7 was any hint of the future, I would say that the end could be near for the 86 year “curse of the Bambino”…

Tonight marks the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Peace to our Islamic brothers and sisters.

I love stories about young people acting out a thousand times their senior. Read about this 14-year-old Californian who has been doing her part to keep the homeless in the Bay Area warm with good ol’ pairs of fresh socks.

You always hear about on the news, but it never sinks in until it hits close to home: The gift of one’s own organs, especially to a loved one, is perhaps the gift of all gifts…

I once worked for an organization in Los Angeles that planted 1,000,000 trees in time for the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games held there. That was considered a tremendous feat for a small environmental organization. Huge. The whole city celebrated the effort…