by Kristin Palpini | Aug 12, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News
Editor loves murder of unborn children Kristin Palpini is a proud pro-abort who says that killing the unborn is a “medically necessary procedure” that should be “acceptable” (“Why I Am Pro-Abortion,” July 30-Aug. 5, 2015). Of course, she’s lying. According to...
by Kristin Palpini | Aug 12, 2015 | Arts
Like most people, the Valley Advocate keeps its treasures in cardboard boxes on top of high dusty shelves. But when those shelves had to come down this spring, it forced the staff to dig through filing cabinets and taped up boxes no one had opened for decades. What we...
by Kristin Palpini | Aug 4, 2015 | Between the Lines, News
The Catholic Church is on the precipice of another failure almost as shameful, in its own way, as the decades of rampant child molestation and cover-up efforts. A glut of priests, brothers, and nuns is hitting retirement age without adequate finances to sustain them...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 28, 2015 | Leisure, News, Scene Here
Old garden hoses and porcelain chickens … Oxidized metals and outfits for Wiccans … Doodads and knickknacks that spring cleaning brings … These are a few of my favorite things. I step across a cluttered driveway in Florence, eager to help kick off the beginning of tag...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 28, 2015 | Food + Booze, Leisure, News
I always feel bad when the tomatoes from my garden rot on the counter waiting in vain for me to chop them up into salsa or boil them into a marinara. I have the best of intentions in May when I ask my husband to plant boccu tomatoes in our garden, but come the sticky...