North Country Girl: Chapter 16 — Junior High School: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
Gay Haubner shares her stories of Bizarro World sleepovers and the horrors of junior high.
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Not Because We Will
“She started to lift the lid — her fingers closed around its spired handle — but stopped. What, after all, was there? Ashes? Bits of bone? Dust become dust.”
May/June 2017 Limerick Laughs Winner and Runners-Up
We share the best limericks from last month’s contest.
North Country Girl: Chapter 15 — Saturday Matinee at the Norshor
Gay Haubner remembers movies at the Norshor, the deprivation of the Seattle World’s Fair, and smelt fishing with her dad.
North Country Girl: Chapter 13 — Food, Glorious Food
Gay Haubner remembers the delicious food of her childhood in Duluth: bread in a can, apple pan dowdy, and the occasional sip of a Tom & Jerry.
North Country Girl: Chapter 11 — Summer Sleep-Away Camp
Gay Haubner shares stories of Camp Wanakiwin, including ice-cold lakes, smelly toilets, and late-night ill-informed sex talks.
Girl Scout Techies
Brownies and Daisies are learning to blog, code, and build robots.
Second Chapters: Write or Flight
The story of an accountant turned tech writer turned helicopter pilot.
Screen Sirens of Hollywood: Lauren Bacall
The legendary actress had a career full of extreme highs and extreme lows. After rebounding from one such low, she shared the details of those experiences and how they helped shape her career, in this 1966 article from the Post.
Logophile Language Puzzlers: Jumpy, Limpid Uncle Dwight
Do you love words? See how you do on our latest logophile quiz.
The Art of the Post: Gustaf Tenggren: The Man Who Shaped Disney’s First Animated Movies
Learn about the man who influenced the look of early Disney animated features and illustrated the bestselling children’s book of all time.
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Gallery Cover Gallery: Salute to the 50 States
From the lighthouses of Maine to the majestic Cascades of Oregon, the Saturday Evening Post has represented every state on its cover. Here are 50 of our favorites.
North Country Girl: Chapter 8 — Teacher’s Pet
Being the best third grader in Duluth, Minnesota, had its advantages.
“Nature, Inc.” by Sinclair Lewis
A real estate developer gives up cigars, steaks, and Boston to follow his love interest to a spiritual commune in the country.
Unhappy Doctors: The Problem of Physician Burnout
The number of overworked, emotionally exhausted doctors has reached epidemic proportions. Fixing the problem is a matter of national importance.
8 Most Embarrassing Presidential Family Members
Which president had the most embarrassing relative? From drunkards to doofuses, here is our list of the 8 worst offenders.