For Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's first minister, there would only be "nuanced changes" to measures in the region. Friday also marks the 75th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day). During the day, celebrations in Britain were essentially scaled down due to the coronavirus loc...
And here we are, a century and a wink later, after another pandemic, living in a nation we hardly recognize during an era of increasing hate and horror. It feels like our world is at a horrific tipping point. Firearms have become the leading cause of death for children under 18 years o...
It seemed that everyone was dressed in black, and the majority appeared to be what, one would term, Goths. And, it seemed like Ian Astbury had morphed back into their Death Cult days. Ian was wearing a bandanna and black tunic which was almost like a Gothic dress with a short skirt. ...
AfterSlippery When Wetcatapulted them into the hard-rock stratosphere, Bon Jovi did what any smart, newly minted superstars would do: They replicated their breakthrough album, almost song for song, on their follow-up,New Jersey. Thunderous album opener “Lay Your Hands on Me” evokes “Let I...
But, the series really ended with the death of Douglass Watson and limped along for a few years, but even in death he had an influence on story lines, and his photo was always part of the show the next decade. The return every few years of Carl Hutchins proved amusing, as he and ...
I had prepared her a kittening box downstairs, but no, it wasn’t safe enough for her. (I have to say that the term “kittening” sounds ominous to me. “Beware the kittening!”) Anyway, Persephone turned out to be an excellent mother. She showed her babies – all boys – how ...
Back in the day, mules were the overwhelming choice over horses for towing the barges up and down the canal. They needed half the food and water, were smaller, so as to fit on the canal boats in between their shifts, and unlike horses, would not work themselves to death. At the fifte...
s death were blissful for our family as a healing had taken place. I knew that he felt happy and loved at last and somehow that love was enough. I no longer felt his pain because it wasn’t’ there anymore. It was by the grace of God that dad was so strong for us in the years...
had started a volunteer arts program for the patients. She played the harp, [my partner] Barbara came and brought her drum sometimes, and I read poetry. These were poor people—mostly African American men—who were in the advanced stages of AIDS and close to death. The experience let me ...
For those unaware, Lara is back from the dead after her apparent death in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation — but is now framed for the murder of her former teacher, Von Croy. What follows is a quest that has her discover the Obscura Paintings, as well as uncover the motives of the ...