As a Red-Blooded All-American Boy, I started riding a bike as soon as I could. Or more exactly, I started TRYING to ride a bike. I was six or seven and it was a daunting task, as my mother, who raised only RBAAB’s, refused to let me have training wheels. My mother was almost 40 when I ...
To the editor: The house is on fire. The house that has stood for 250 years, set ablaze by those meant to safeguard it. No authorized firefighters are there, they’ve been ordered to stay away. Volunteers have formed a bucket brigade and a few have garden houses, but the flames ...
The Friday morning after Thanksgiving, I gave my cereal bowl a hard stare like a mug shot. Next to my orange juice was a note, “Eat up. See you in a week, Love Dad.” The previous day, our best dishes gleaming and piled with nostalgia, I tried to surreptitiously feed my stuffing to my dog. ...
While adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island” are staged around the world each year, the local youth actors of Pendragon Theatre prepared for their upcoming performance with a unique experience. The cast of “Treasure Island” visited the Robert Louis ...
To the editor: Special Thanks to those who made the 2025 Willard Hanmer Guideboat and Canoe race, Guideboat Show and Art Show successful. If you see any Red Shirt warriors, make sure you let them know what a special job they did this year. So many to name, but we all know these people ...