It was with great relief that I read the publishers of the late PG Wodehouse have summoned up the courage to reprint his tales of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, odd-ball uncles, fierce and ditzy aunts, and an assortment of other characters. They bumbled their inept way through life, and yet someone how managed to Read More…
The popularity of UFC has eclipsed boxing and kickboxing ten-fold. I can remember going to my first local match about fifteen years ago. It was in a ballroom, and there wasn’t a seat to be had. Local fighters, our friends and neighbors got into the ring, after a few months training and scrapped until one Read More…
Peter Vincent Mocini, aged 70, of Saugatuck, died on June 13, 2023 at his home.He was born on Sept. 19, 1952 in Chicago to the late Giulio and Mary Stella (Maurizi) Mocini. He attended St. Peter Catholic School and graduated from Saugatuck High School in 1970.During high school he excelled in academics and sports, playing Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorHigh FidelityColombia has a cocaine hippo problem. Three imported from Africa by drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped his compound after he died in 1993, found homes on the Magdalena River and have multiplied to between 181 and 215, say people paid to track them.Southern invaders riding drug-crazed hippos crashing through Trump’s wall to Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorRoxbury, Conn. fields between unquarried stones are muddy this day. Snow-limned shapes strike you. Scrape down to granite, call a crane, hoist one, circle it. Scrape off frozen leaves, earth and worms on its sides. Is this him? That her?Gary Van Dis, after 30 years as creative director for Condé Nast, returned from Read More…
By today’s standards my parents were notoriously of the free-range mentality, albeit within some limitations. Once we were out of school for the summer and had gone through the paper grocery bag full of debris from our desks, we had time to explore and experience life around us. There were some basic rules: don’t go Read More…
I never cared much for Simon and Garfunkel when I was young. Something about the duo seemed odd to me and their music was too melancholy and folksy for my taste. One song I’ve always been a big fan of, however, is Sounds of Silence, which has been remade time and again by a variety Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorAncient RealmsA Polish archaeologist thinks he’s found proof of a long-lost “medieval New York” on the Baltic Sea island Wolin.Wojciech Filipowiak believes he’s discovered remains of the mythic Jomsborg, a trading center and fortress mentioned in 12th-century Viking texts.He is not the only one excited. “Vikings are sexy and attract lots of interest,” Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorA free summer solstice social at the foot of Saugatuck’s highest point awaits goers Wednesday, June 21, at the Saugatuck- Douglas History Center’s Pump House Museum at Mt. Baldhead’s foot.From 6 to 8 p.m. as west light lowers behind the dune casting Kalamazoo River shadows, guest can partake of beer, wine and snacks Read More…
Life as Performance ArtGC Stoppel Have a thought and take a teaspoon of pity on backyard gardeners this month. This is a difficult and trying time of year for those raising vegetables. June is full of angst and anxiety for the amateur farmer. We did not feel it back during a January blizzard when we carefully read through the Read More…