Last week’s story ended with — “Minneapolis, Minn., has sporadically launched a similar claim to its own carnival’s longevity, with its sister city, St. Paul, not far behind ... now... “The great changes were perhaps accelerated by the introduction of the automobile and the ...

With Valentine’s Day upon us, I thought this week I’d share with you some specials gifts you can give your children that will show them you love them and that will last longer than the traditional annual greeting card. First, use plenty of positive words with your child, not just on ...

It’s understandable if you don’t think of philosophers as lovers. We have our long-standing obsession with reason over passion to blame. But truth be told, love is inherent in our pursuit of knowledge — the etymological definition of philosophy is, after all, the love of wisdom. We are ...

I was in Nori’s cafe with Doc McHugh doing what we do best — drinking coffee, shmoozing and swapping sea stories. But to be honest, I was only half there. Instead, I was preoccupied with Winter Carnival and what the next week’s onslaught would bring . For still-unkown reasons, I was ...

Memoirs are all the rage nowadays. Seems everybody is writing one (which is both the good and bad features of self-publishing). But they’ve been around a long time, although for most of their existence they’ve been called autobiographies. But they’re not identical. Broadly speaking, an ...