Nobody can deny March has been interesting to say the least. As we work from our kitchens, home offices and living rooms, trying to keep business as usual has been challenging. However, at Curtis, we are keeping our spirits high and our attitudes positive. We are fortunate that our whole team is able to […]
Since the removal of two dams on the Elwha River in the Pacific Northwest, salmon are spawning once again, animals large and small are returning to the river banks, and hundreds of acres of barren former lakebed are greening.
Despite our differences — of race, religion, social class, gender — we each carry within us an evolutionary blueprint for making a good society.
In the news for the week ending April 10, 2020, are a lot of cooking and zooming, not a lot of baseball and toilet paper, and much more.
The delicious backstory of the humble Tootsie Roll.
Taxes may not be due until July this year, but April 15 will always be tax day in our hearts!
“This was what nights in my house had become, the metamorphosis. Me, pretending not to be awake while Mother danced alone.”
In the news for the week ending April 3, 2020, are soap, Triscuits, a modified film festival, beer, cellphones, Winston Churchill, and more.
On April 1, 1857, the Moby Dick author published a poorly-received chronicle of an American con artist.
We knew him since we couldn’t remember when, but none of us knew how he lost his eye until Maxie Adeline asked him flat out the summer we picked berries for him.
In the news for the week ending March 27, 2020, are the ongoing weirdness of our times, the loss of naked ladies, the return of the drive-in, TV recipes, and more.
You may be missing out on the long-running FX show Justified. Here are some reasons why to catch up.
Val Lauder recalls the glamorous allure of the linen table cloths, silverware, and bud vases of train dining cars.
The 1918-1920 influenza pandemic offers a number of striking lessons for 2020. Ben Railton highlights two warnings and one inspiration we can take away from this century-old pandemic and its American contexts.
50 Years Ago, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel released the classic that remains the capstone of their legacy.
“You can love something, and still be afraid of it.”