Lunar Notes
Aries: You become aware that certain things that used to amuse you, your go-to fun things, no longer serve. Those you found romantically attractive no longer are. There’s a need to touch […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Social Impact of Working from Home
If you work from home in Rhode Island, prepare yourself each winter for a wave of resentment from friends and family. Watching your car disappear under an igloo of snow […]
The 19th Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival Kicks Off This September
The city of Pawtucket presents what is arguably its most exciting event of the year each September: The Pawtucket Arts Festival. This event seeks to celebrate the creative and cultural […]
Rent-to-Own: Desperation Financing
If you want furniture, small appliances, a television set or a computer, but you have bad credit or no credit, then it might seem tempting to shop at a “rent-to-own” […]
The Hummel Report: Do We Need an Inspector General?
Figuring out a way to close an annual budget deficit has become a familiar challenge at the Rhode Island State House. This year’s $9.2 billion budget — a 30% increase […]
The Secret’s in the Milk: Coffee Milk Crawl of RI
Two weeks ago I had a couch surfer visiting from Germany, and I wanted to show her as many Rhode Island things as I could in 24 hours. One of […]
Survivor Guilt in the Midst of a War
It has been exactly one year since I wrote my piece “Walking While Black.” Yesterday I watched the Unite the Alt-Right rally on a live Facebook feed and saw a car […]
Multi-Generation Households on the Rise
On December 19, 1971, “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” aired. It was the TV pilot of a series that would span nine seasons, a saga that would tell the story […]
Downtown Design Review Committee Review: Summer Memories
It’s been a tame summer for the Downtown Design Review Committee. With so little to report on, your correspondent has resorted to spending weekends out of state on a work-vacation […]
Cannabis: Dopes Consider Dope
Part 2 of our interview with outgoing Tax & Regulate lobbyist Jared Moffat (see part 1 here). Last issue, we spoke with Moffat about how and where legalization has gotten […]