For most of us, October is the month of Halloween bringing costumes, candy and flying bats, along with TV reruns of every horror movie ever made. But for the followers of Wicca, October holds a much deeper meaning: It is the month of Samhain, one of the four greater Sabbats of the year. It symbolizes […]
About one week ago on a Sunday, I drove myself down to the west wall at East Matunuck beach in South Kingstown. I know that striped bass are destined to make their fall run past us soon. Like birds flying south for the winter, the stripers make their way south below the surface. I haven’t […]
Poets, artists and musicians have known it for hundreds of years, but now medical research confirms it: Loneliness and isolation are hazardous to your health. Dr. Harlan Krumholz, director of the Center of Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale-New Haven Hospital, notes, “We shouldn’t just be concerning ourselves with pills and procedures. We have to […]
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” – Hunter Thompson We don’t live in a sane world. We’re not safe behind bars. Here, on the other side of the gates of privilege, a lot of us have wandered into the trenches. It’s an easy place to get lost for a while. When I […]
As we entered the dark Fete Music Hall to check in, my favorite college sex educator and I were welcomed to An Affair to Remember, the gala 5th anniversary fundraiser for Rhode Island’s own Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health. The Center’s mission, as told to me by their Interim Executive Director, Kira Manser, is to […]
You’ll probably be surprised to learn — as I was some odd six years ago — that your average college or university factors in an upcharge to your meal plan more than just the cost of food. Why? They work off the assumption that food and/or plates, utensils or other miscellaneous items will be taken […]
In preparing for Motif‘s student guide, our mighty editor, Emily, asked if I would be willing to write an article about places one can get to on our state bus system (RIPTA or “Rhode Island Public Transit Authority”). I get this assignment because, having never driven an automobile (nor even had a driver’s license), I […]
Do you have a nickname? My nickname has been Ravioli since middle school, but lots of people just call me Ravs now. What’s your favorite book? I’m a comic book girl. Scott Pilgrim vs The World. What’s your favorite TV show? “Broad City” and I’m seriously shocked I haven’t been added to the cast yet… […]
Even as summer comes to a close, food trucks continue to convene every Friday night at the carousel in Roger Williams Park. This new tradition will continue until Halloween when a costume contest will officially end the season. There’s not much of a chill in the air as fall draws close. But if you think the […]
When my boys were babies, I vowed we’d never be one of those families; the ones where the kids are overscheduled, everyone’s frazzled and stressed, and family meals are non-existent. Jump ahead to this past spring, when we were off and running six days a week between t-ball, baseball and karate. The result was one […]