Lauren Padilla: Black Friday shopping? Stay levelheaded!
What is it about Black Friday that convinces people it is all right to forget our humanity? Do you go Black Friday shopping? I don't join in on these sales. Nothing is worth the pain. I went Black...
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Eric Carle Museum 'Leave Your Sleep' exhibit celebrates Natalie Merchant,...
From book for children, with McClintock illustrations, based on Merchant's album of 'poem songs,' inspired by American and British poetry. Art from a children's book of poetry, rewritten into songs by...
View ArticlePope Francis, Rabbi Skorka, tale of two faith-filled friends
The hotel was inside the Vatican, and the friend was Pope Francis. By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK -- It was September, not an easy time for a religious Jew to be traveling. The Jewish month of Tishrei was...
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Phyllis St. Pierre: A cousin's prize-winning turkey
. Looking back, I feel as though there times we lived in a Norman Rockwell painting, specifically during one particularly cold late November. Living in the country is an experience that nourishes your...
View ArticleMarge Jesberger: Have a 'Sense' sational holiday season
Let your five sense enjoy the holidays. I am intent on a “sense”sational holiday this year. Yes, I want to use my five senses to appreciate the season. TASTE. Each family has its own special recipes....
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For Valley artist Piper Foreso, 'inspiration pops up just about anywhere'
Among the participants in the Cottage Street Holiday Sale in Easthampton. Piper Foreso, who is among the artists participating in the Cottage Street Holiday Sale in Easthampton, on Dec. 5, 6, 7, and...
View ArticleAsk Nurse Practitioner Ila Shebar: Bubble bath ingredients can irritate
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued warnings about some bubble baths. By NURSE PRACTITIONER ILA SHEBAR Winter is coming and I love to soak in a bubble bath at this time of...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: An area director reflects on funds, access and universal testing
On World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, Friends of AIDS CARE will mark 20 years of fund-raising with "Raise Your Voice, Sweet Sounds," a benefit for A Positive Place (formerly AIDS CARE/Hampshire County), at 7...
View ArticleLarry Tye: Superman, born of Jewish roots
Clues mounted from there. The three legs of the Superman myth – Truth, Justice, and the American Way – are straight out of the Mishnah, the codification of Jewish oral traditions. By LARRY TYE He...
View ArticlePatrick Rowan's Skywatch: Comet ISON, more hype than glory
To my thinking, that icy chunk had been misrepresented to the public for some time. By PATRICK ROWAN Someone I once knew had an answering machine that greeted callers with the standard "wait for the...
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Jane Kaufman: Cooking for community, a pleasure
When it goes well, it can feel like a dance. So, I’m a little obsessed with my own cooking. Like me, like my food. Like my food, like me. I don’t have a lot of ego attachment around my professional...
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Lots of volunteer work behind Valley's popular holiday fairs
St. Mary's Church and First Church of Christ UCC, both in Longmeadow, will hold their annual holiday fairs on Dec. 7. Holiday craft fairs are popular attractions in the Pioneer Valley, and their...
View Article'Klondike Gold Rush' talk tells Chicopee man's story
John Gibson, of Chicopee, set out for the Klondike in February 1898, leaving behind his wife and four children John Gibson, of Chicopee, set out for the Klondike, a region of Canada's Yukon Territory,...
View ArticleLauren Padilla: Will women today go for Steampunk fashion?
Although there are no set rules, Steampunk usually involves Victorian, or Victorian-inspired garments, combined with some sort of industrial accents. By LAUREN PADILLA Longmeadow High...
View ArticleVolunteers in Medicine Clinics offer free care to 400,000 in need
The operation depends on a combination of cash donations by supporters, as well as in-kind donations of everything By BRUCE SMITH HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — What began two decades ago on Hilton Head...
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Emily Pope: You'll like this family, Jeanne Birdsall's 'The Penderwicks'
The books feature a family of six (one father, four daughters, and a bumbling dog named Hound) that is so tightly knit together the reader wants nothing more than to join in. By EMILY POPE Belchertown...
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Joan Morris Reilly: Coincidence, or message from beyond?
How many times have you had a premonition or gut feeling or a dream, that affected your decisions in life and possibly kept you out of harm’s way? Who hasn’t experienced the phenomena of thinking...
View ArticleNative American cuisine featured in Wistariahurst talk by Mohegan Nation...
Dec. 16 presentation looks at how Native American has adapted its traditional ingredients. Wistariahurst Museum’s fall lecture series, "Historical Culinary Incidents: An Exploration of Food and...
View Article'Science' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Many people used “communication” and “rapport” on their resumes and want to be sure they know what they mean. “Niche” gets a lot of hits because people want to pronounce it right. SPRINGFIELD -...
View ArticleMedical notes: Stroke award, benefit concert, Zumba fund-raiser
Roundup of health-based events Stroke award SPRINGFIELD -- Mercy Medical Center has received the "Get With The Guidelines," the Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award, from the American Heart...
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