As I enter this strange new unparented new stage of my life, I’ve been thinking about how my family gave me many gifts. And I’ve also been thinking about how they gave me stories about myself, some less true than others, some more harmful than others. As happens in families…

Some days I feel like I’m living in a parallel universe. I’ve seen the data, data showing that my community, like so many communities, has yet again reached high levels of Covid transmission. I’ve heard the pleas from those at high risk, begging others to care about them enough to…

Hey, it’s me, the brave local mom who went viral for defying the city’s mask mandate last year. …

The FDA approved a lower dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for five to eleven-year-olds today. How do area kids feel about getting the jab? “It’s about fucking time,” said Ava Phillips, age nine, speaking from the bedroom where she was waiting for the health department to lift the quarantine on…

Welcome to CityFest, our annual celebration of the art, music, and fried foods that make this city great! After last year’s Covid hiatus we’re thrilled to announce CityFest will return in person this fall. No, our Covid numbers aren’t any lower than last year. But the community needs this festival…

We first noticed the spider sometime in summer of 2020. He was long-legged, but not long-legged enough to be a daddy longlegs. Fuzzy, but not fuzzy enough to be a wolf spider. Startling, but clearly not one of the poisonous varieties that need to be removed from the premises immediately. …