A Sentimental Person
Years after his wife’s death, a Michigan pastor learns how to play the blues and how to let go.
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The 50 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time: Live-Action
We’re warning you now: after reading this, you’ll be humming these theme songs all day.
“The Lily Pond” by Thomas Beer
“When you’re seventy, Mr. Kane, all the people you meet won’t be themselves but someone you knew.”
“Mr. Tutt Fights a Draw” by Arthur Train
“He’s wanted to get rid of me for years, so as to have all the fishing on both sides for himself. Y’see I was here first and had my quarter mile of shorefront before he located his camp over there and bought up all the land there was left.”
Rafting the Colorado
Scenery and solitude, wildlife and wild water at the floor of the magnificent Grand Canyon.
“Things” by Sinclair Lewis
This is not the story of Theodora Duke and Stacy Lindstrom, but of a traveling bag with silver fittings, a collection of cloisonné, a pile of ratty schoolbooks, and a fireless cooker that did not cook.
How Generation X Ruined Movies (Hint: They Didn’t)
Born between 1961 and 1981, Generation X occasionally gets lost in the mass media’s obsession with Millennials. Fortunately, GenX always had the movies; here are some of the most significant films that dealt with the new forgotten generation.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver: The Hidden Kennedy Powerhouse
It’s high time we recognized Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the little-known dynamo who used her wits, her father’s fortune, and her powerful brothers’ influence to transform Americans’ attitudes toward the intellectually disabled. From the January/February 2019 issue.
What Should I Write in My Valentine’s Day Card?
Express your love uniquely with sweet nothings from the archives.
Captain Hagen’s Bed & Breakfast Awaits Your Visit
Independent movies aren’t always that independent, but on occasion, you have a true underdog film trying to get wider recognition. Writer-director Rafael Friedan tells us about the journey of his award-winning Captain Hagen’s Bed & Breakfast.
“The Anthology of Another Town” by E.W. Howe
“I say again it is the duty of every man to talk less, but some of the windy men seem to amount to a good deal, after all.”
Immigrant/Emigrant
Francesca reluctantly agreed to deliver the potato torte to the Rakosis two floors below, but she had no idea what she was walking into.
News of the Week: February vs. December, Hydrox vs. Oreos, and the Patriots vs. the Rams
In the news for the last week of January 2019 are a belated Christmas, a creme-filled lawsuit, a letter from Dr. Seuss, some great Super Bowl snacks, and much more.
“The White Grouse” by John Taintor Foote
“A man is entitled to one good woman and one good dog during a lifetime. He’ll never be happy until he gets them.”
Secrets of the Ice: How Glaciers Reveal the Story of the Earth
The Earth’s history is written, layer upon layer, in its glaciers.
“Free” by Theodore Dreiser
“Why hadn’t he done something about it years before? Why hadn’t he broken it up before it was too late, and saved his own soul, his longing for life, color? But no, he had not. Why complain so bitterly now?”