A Brief (Or Lengthy?) History of Phillipe and Jorge: Your superior correspondents celebrate 40 years in print
It seems amazing, especially to your superior correspondents, that the Cool, Cool World entered its 41st consecutive year of publication with the advent of 2020. This is a record for a journalistic column in The Biggest Little, of which we are both proud and astounded. If there is a key to Phillipe and Jorge’s success, we […]
No Stress Allowed
When kids pull all the blankets out of the closet and the cushions off the couch to build a fort, they’re answering a developmental need buried deep in their psyches. David Sobel, the leading expert on kids and forts and author of the book Children’s Special Places: Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens, and Bush […]
Is Anyone Sitting Here?: Joshua Giraldo will have a hard time losing his bid for the House District 56 seat
The surprise resignation of Representative Shelby Maldonado (Democrat-C, District 56, Central Falls) puts an important General Assembly seat into play, but the election for the open seat has just one declared candidate, Joshua Giraldo, who currently serves as Central Falls Mayor James Diossa’s chief of staff. As a result, Giraldo is almost guaranteed to be […]
Wash it Away: A shower beer is relaxing and enhances creativity
The new year always seems to be a time of self awareness and rediscovery as many of us look for ways to improve our performance as human beings. January is a month of crowded gyms and empty restaurants. Produce sections are littered with dieters as green as the kale they’re wondering how to cook, and […]
Baring Our Cupboards: How will proposed changes to food assistance affect Rhode Islanders?
At the tail end of last year, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank released its hunger facts and figures going into 2020, which say that 11% of households (47,700) statewide are unable to afford adequate food, and 4.7% of them go hungry. There are 148,000 Rhode Islanders enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), […]
Foresight Is 2020: The world is in uproar
As the year begins, we have impeachment, Australia on fire, islands of plastic floating in the oceans, Boris, Brexit and scary bomb stuff. And that’s only the beginning, folks. This is the year of Capricorn, with a convergence of a number of rare and major cycles in this sign. It’s Capricorn crunch time. Pluto, […]
Gettin’ Bendy with It: Can yoga help reduce anxiety?
Like a lot of people, I have anxiety, but didn’t know it. A few years ago, I began practicing yoga, which became my saving grace. Yoga is more than what the modernized western world portrays it to be. It’s an ancient practice that focuses on breath and stillness. People often are hesitant to try yoga […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Recent events on the home and career front push your plans for the future to the forefront. Some not-so-friendly discussions with important people in your life help to clarify your thoughts and clear the air. Romance and money-making opportunities derive from group associations and new friends. Taurus: No matter how educated you are at this […]
The Time Is Now: Music fuels the revolution
Okee dokee folks… Welcome to the ’20s, the year of the next presidential election when we have the opportunity to return this country to a state of normalcy and move forward with a progressive and positive agenda. My hope is that the people of this country take inspiration from others and take to the streets […]