This quality is still seen on the sporting field today. Rugby football is the most popular spectator sport in New Zealand. Though the sport has public school beginnings in England, in New Zealand, rugby is definitely the grass-roots sport of the ‘average bloke’....
While I feel like I already had so many tools to help me through low points in my life, this year I needed a little more support than usual. I found a therapist and had a few sessions where she gave me gentle reminders of things I can do when I’m feeling anxious. I wanted to s...
The illustration sadly belies Barton’s state of mind at the time; he would take his own life the following spring. New Yorker film critics, including John Mosher, generally found foreign films, particularly those of German or Russian origin, to be superior to the treacle produced in Hollywood...
Martin Barre brought a great combination of artists in picking this band they mesh, have fun and give the audience a great night of music and some background into the beginnings of his career. If you haven’t had a chance to take in the a show by the Martin Barre Band you should. ...
For example, Lois Long’s weekly “Tables for Two” column, which deftly captured the nightlife scene of speakeasies and flappers, appeared infrequently in the decade’s last years, and would disappear altogether in 1930. Once herself the epitome of the carefree flapper, Long was now a ...
as it adds to the spirit of New Beginnings. Another chapter of my life has closed, and at the same time, the growth of this year has felt quite expansive. I feel that it prepared me for this moment. With that, it gives me more appreciation and gratitude as we move into this season...
I began this 50newbeginnings site in December 2013. Ten years to date, writing each year, adding pages and stories, chapter books in edit form, sharing my life with a world I did not know and may never know. You might be reading this thinking – where is she going with this post?
Their merchandise and branding have been a global phenomenon and fans come from around the world to see them play at MetLife Stadium. In basketball, the New York Knicks are the most well-known and are one of only two teams to still play in the city they were first established. They ...
While we waited for Kai to make his debut, I patiently marveled at howThailandhad changed in the long year and a half I’d been away; the longest stretch in my adult life, I believe. In the country that once seemed to have the strongest disposable plastic addiction I’d experienced anyw...
These experiences are gradually fading into memory. Today, children no longer eagerly anticipate the festival for a taste of candy, and Spring Festival itself may even be spent on a sun-kissed beach, far from home. Yet, the relentless ...