Have U Given one today? It’s late January — the dead of winter — and life has gotten you down. It’s dark. …

It’s New Year’s Eve, a time for “kissing the old year out; kissing the new year in,” to quote the Bing Crosby …

Dan Franch on why eating together is about so much more than food. If you have kids, life is busy. If both …

Everyone is aware of its magical allure. Seven is the most common dice roll in gambling. In ancient times, seven celestial bodies …

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” – Dr. Seuss The …

Have you ever been riding down the road and someone unexpectedly throws their car door open just as you are approaching? While …

Dan Franch looks at the benefits – and bogus benefits – of our children’s screen addiction: It’s tough these days raising kids. …

The World Cup is fast upon us, and while I thought I spoke a suitable (albeit “inferior” some might say) form of …

It’s Printemps des Poètes in Luxembourg this weekend – Spring of Poets. CLEW is proud to have a poet of our own, and equally …

Like the New Order tune, some call it Blue Monday. Others, such as blues guitarist T-Bone Walker, see it as stormy. Many …

Dan Franch on why boredom is good for you: “I’m bored,” sang Iggy Pop in his 1979 song of the same name. …

Which came first – the chicken or the egg? That’s an ages old philosophical question. The same can be asked about personal …

Are you alive? If so, then you worry. Do you have a job, kids, friends, possessions? If so, then you worry even …

Books are easy to put on the wish list, easy to buy and usually welcome. There’s a bookworm or two among the …

rocery shopping. Like so many other life chores, it’s something that’s got to be done. It generally requires the use of a …

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Although the Thanksgiving that took place in 1621 is generally considered the first one, it …

Spying. Snowden. Syria. Savar. Banking secrecy. 2013 has brought with it a sibilant hiss of bad luck to various parts of the …

Rock legend Lou Reed died from liver disease Sunday in New York at the age of 71. Lead singer for the Velvet Underground …

The US government shutdown finally ended last week after sixteen days of interparty squabbling. However, considering there is no debt ceiling in …

“Autumn Blues”. It’s a 1960 piano instrumental by Bobby Darin. It’s also an apropos title for this time of year seeing as …

A new school year has arrived – plenty of anticipation and anxiety as families run around to get ready. It’s essential to …

Third Culture Kids (TCKs). Does this term sound familiar? Sociologist Ruth Hill Useems came up with it in the 1950s as a …

Life is busy. That’s for sure. Kids, work, errands, taking care of the home. Too often, the relationship with our partner becomes …

“Hey baby, it’s the 4th of July” goes the chorus line of a song by X, an L.A. punk band from the 1980’s. …

Accents. Everyone’s got one. Some of us have more than one depending on the language we are speaking or who we are …

5 to 10. 10 to 20. 20 to life. If those numbers make you shiver a bit, they should. That’s prison talk …

Moving. It’s one of the more stressful situations in one’s life. Plenty of preparation goes into organizing, selling, and throwing out some …

There’s safety in numbers. Any springbok or impala running from its predator will tell you that. Humans feel the same way. But it’s …

A golden cage; that’s how Luxembourg is described at times; alluring in some ways, suffocating in others – kind of like a …

“You damn right I got the blues”, Buddy Guy, the legendary blues guitarist from Chicago, growls in one of his signature songs. …