North Country Girl: Chapter 25 — No Smoking
Gay Haubner grades high school in Duluth in the late ‘60s as follows: girlfriends—A+, boyfriends—B-, Hey Jude—C, smoking—F.
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“Spotlight” by Michael Foster
Haunted by a town and past she never knew, a famous actress must play her best part in staying cool and collected when confronted with the ghosts of her mother’s past. Her big break depends on it.
North Country Girl: Chapter 24 — Boyfriend and Girlfriends
Gay Haubner enters high school in the 1960s and remembers bad boyfriends and great girlfriends.
The Best Movies to Watch This Fall
Noted film critic Bill Newcott, creator of AARP’s “Movies for Grownups,” offers his picks.
July/August 2017 Limerick Laughs Winners and Runners-Up
Have a good time at camp, and goodbye. We will pick you up come mid-July. While you fight off mosquitos, We’ll sip on mojitos And blast the ol’ A/C on high. Congratulations to Jennifer Klein of Tel Aviv, Israel! For her limerick, Jennifer wins $25 and our gratitude for her witty and entertaining poem describing […]
Branches
“And now we’re hugging and laughing, and neither of us will say it: Everything will be okay. But only for me.”
Movies For the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott: Don’t Miss Mission Impossible and Sorry to Bother You Is the new Tom Cruise Mission Impossible film the greatest action movie ever made? Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott: Shark Week Bill Newcott shares the best summer flicks and the best shark scenes. […]
Top 10 Fall 2017 Reads
Every month, Amazon staffers sift through hundreds of new books searching for gems. Here’s what Amazon editor Chris Schluep chose especially for Post readers this season:
Why Steinbeck Almost Didn’t Win the Nobel Prize
Despite the author’s celebrated body of work, a reluctant Nobel committee thought Steinbeck undeserving of the Prize.
North Country Girl: Chapter 23 — A Global Citizen Goes to the Deeps
Gay Haubner shares her tales of mocking the model U.N., making death defying dives to show off for boys, and kissing a boy for the first time.
“At Geisenheimer’s” by P.G. Wodehouse
A New York dancer takes matters into her own hands when a newly married man ditches his wife to dance with every other woman at Geisenheimer’s.
Broadway on Acid: The First Rock Musical
Fifty years ago, the hippies made it to Broadway and backlash ensued.
Don’t Have a Cow
It seemed like a bright idea to raise cattle, but the average cow is a disaster waiting to happen.
The Struggles of Judy Garland
On-screen, she melted the audience’s hearts. But even at the triumphant peak of her career, she worried herself sick. The true story of the dazzling, unhappy star.
News of the Week: Bad Weather, Pillsbury Dough, and the Rise and Fall of Stamp Collecting
For the week ending October 13, 2017, Bob Sassone writes about the heat in the air, the love in your food, the stamps in your collection, and the Yorkshire in your pudding, plus cookies, dictionaries, fires, and more.
Saving His Music: A Story of Memory and Meaning
When a pianist’s memory began to fade, it would take another musician to bring his songs to life again.