By Brett Yates If you had asked me in 2015 to name three people from Minnesota, I probably would have thought for a moment and then come up with iconic pop star Prince, Senator Al Franken, and the public radio raconteur Garrison Keillor. In 2016, Prince died of a fentanyl overdose. Now, two concurrent sexual…

By DJ Dave Hoffenberg This weekend is the return of new sensation and my favorite cover band, Good Noise, to the Pickle Barrel Nightclub, both Friday and Saturday night. You get an extra treat on Saturday because it’s also the annual Pimp ‘n’ Ho Ho Ho Party. Good Noise knows how to rock a Pickle…

By Dom Cioffi One day, just before Christmas a couple years ago, my brother-in-law pulled me aside to ask a question. He walked me into a spare room and pointed to several cardboard boxes that were in the corner, asking me if I was interested in the contents. I wandered over and peeled one of…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Pisces Moon, in the wake of Thanksgiving and the annual, Black Friday greed-athon. There is so much going on it’s hard to know what to focus on, and just as hard to figure out how to talk about…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Sagittarius Moon, on the eve of the Sun’s entrance into the same sign. When the Sun and the Moon come together in the same degree of the same sign, it means that the Moon is “New.”…

By Cal Garrison a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Virgo Moon, a Moon that turned Void-of-Course at 10:45 a,m., and will remain in that state until it enters Libra at 6:45 p.m. on the east Coast, at around 3:45 p.m. out West. Venus and Jupiter are conjoined right now. In…

By Dom Cioffi We just made the giant step of purchasing a desk and chair set for our son’s bedroom. And I already regret it. Up until recently, my son has always done his nightly homework at the kitchen table, right within eyesight of his mother and me. Questions generally abound when it comes to…

By Marguerite Jill Dye We left Marseille in a powerful Mistral, crossed the Atlantic without event, and landed at Logan in another strong wind, the last hurricane’s tail end that wiped power out across New England. Indeed, the world is all stirred up. Although I’m always sad to leave Europe, it’s good to be home on…

By Brady Crain This past week, I helped a friend paint their house. When I do something, I do it fast, and I do it right, and with little help, I painted fresh siding on a 1,800 square foot, one and a half story, single floor ranch twice in 12 hours (spaced over two days).…

By Mary Ellen Shaw You never know what you will find when you begin renovations. Our house was built in 1938. My parents bought it in 1944 and it has been home to me ever since, with the exception of a few years of apartment living right after getting married. Upon the death of my…

Actor Lee Marvin once said, “As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they [know] two things: first, I’m not going to get the girl, and second, I’ll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.” Most people don’t spend too much time thinking about their own funeral, and yet many…

By Declan McCabe A few Thanksgivings ago, my then 10-year-old daughter and I went for an afternoon stroll. Unseasonably warm weather made for a longer than planned walk through a power line right-of-way and on down through steeply sloping woods to the Winooski River. As we moved through the tall scrub, Lauren’s interest was drawn…

In late 2017, we all still have days where we wake up and the realization hits us afresh that the only thing separating millions of innocents from nuclear devastation is the dementia-addled, TV-addicted brain of a 71-year-old narcissist. We may find some cold comfort in the awareness that, relative to prior U.S. presidents, Donald Trump…

This week’s Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Gemini Moon, in the wake of Guy Fawkes Day. It’s interesting that the divisive energy that has taken root in the collective mind is manifesting in political unrest and world-wide protests on the day that the Brits observe Guy Fawkes’ aborted plot to blow…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week’s horoscopes are coming out under the light of a Pisces Moon. With Halloween on Tuesday, there is no better time than now to let go of the past and eliminate every last bit of refuse before the Moon turns Full in the sign of the…