When I saw Clem Bevans earlier this month, he looked great for a guy who was born 141 years ago.
Abby Cleaveland, a rescued chocolate Labrador who once rode in the back of a squad car and who starred in a short video and food column for Northwest Catholic magazine, died Aug. 24, 2020 of age-related causes. She was 14 years old.
Spurning the bars, hockey dad basks in Boulder's eclectic culture
In 1973, I devoured “The Cheerleader,” by Ruth Doan MacDougall. It was published as an adult novel, even though it centered on a girl named Snowy (aka Henrietta Snow), ages 16-18, in mid-1950s New Hampshire.
It is where I learned a lot about sex.
As the world comes back to life, prematurely and with consequences, perhaps, like Dr. Frankenstein’s creation, there’s a run on, or to, our favorite retail crannies: independent bookstores.
We all need somebody to lean on. These days, we need that more than ever. That's why a song by Bill Withers is carrying such a load. When Withers died two months ago, many of the news reports included his recording of "Lean on Me" to remind the world of what we lost.