Snow Joke Rhode Islanders were again taken by surprise Sunday and Monday as snow fell in the state for the first time this winter. “Snow isn’t that frequent in Rhody,” explained a surprised Mikey from Cheapachet. “Sometimes we go whole seasons without seeing any. To have had this storm, well, let’s say nobody was expecting […]
The holiday season evokes a wide range of reactions from southern New Englanders, from full-on participation in the spiritual elements of the season to engagement with shopping and other secular activities (lights, parties, Frosty, et al) to flat out rejection of the season as nonsense. Family time generally is a consistent theme throughout the season, […]
On November 30, the Renaissance Church on Broad Street hosted a reusable bag sew-in. Volunteers brought their sewing machines, needles and thread and made bags from material donated by Ocean State Job Lot. And of course the volunteers did not forget the finishing touch, which was to stitch handles on the bags. Believe it or […]
When I was going through the public school system, there was no such thing as environmental education, not in the way that it exists today. The only integrated outdoors time we had was recess and, on occasion, gym class. This was an era when phones didn’t yet have screens and computers were still large, bulky […]
Blacked Out If you are like Phillipe and Jorge − and probably blessedly not so − we have now had it up to our eyeballs with Black Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, month-long Black whatevers, and any other promotion on to which retailers can slap the name “Black.” Even the dulling effects of […]
‘Tis the season … for an overwhelming sense of terror when it comes to gift-giving. What does my brother-in-law even like?! I guess I saw him play basketball one time three years ago… Did we give my dad wireless headphones last year? Is Aunt Margaret even still alive?? The pressure and those questions are all […]
In the Northern Hemisphere, winter arrives when the sun moves into the cardinal sign of Capricorn. The day is short and the night is long. Many consider this time, when the wheel of the year turns and the days begin to lengthen, the true new year. Capricorn signifies the time of year when it is […]
RI is full of talented authors, and it’s no wonder why — we have plenty to inspire us. Support local talent by gifting that bookworm in your life a tome by a local author. Below are a few suggestions, but if none of these fit the bill, seek out the many published authors among What […]
THU 5 Ben Shaw/ Jake Perrone/ Anthony Loffredio/ Seamus McMullan: Indie folk and singer songwriters. 8pm. Askew, 150 Chestnut St, PVD. fb.com/Askewprov THU 5 – SUN 8 Foundry Artists Show & Sale: Also the following weekend, this show fills the Pawtucket Armory with giftie goodies by over 65 artisans, many sharing an industrial heritage. In […]
I was mindlessly watching Instagram stories when @getyourfill crossed my view, and I had to press my finger to the screen to keep the image from disappearing. It showed someone’s tattoo, a creative rendering of one of my life’s mottos: IF NOTW TWHEN. They had my attention. I lifted my finger and allowed the story […]