Years ago, to pay my way through college, I spent my summers working at my local grocery store. While it seemed like everyone else was out in the sun, I was...
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Winter dogs
For a lot of us winter is a time of survival, when the basic necessities of life come to the fore and remind us that spring is a way off. You look at warmth...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Happy Beer-thday
While I am happy to finally see the year 2020 in the rearview mirror, not much has changed in the early days of January. I am still isolated at home with...
Columnists - Nick Kossovan
Your New Year’s Goal: Get a New Job
Welcome to 2021 and thank you for reading my column The Art of Finding Work, which I hope will become part of your job search journey. The first quarter of the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
YOLO For Barolo
I have been isolated at home for so long that I have forgotten about the outside world, with international travel but a dim and fading memory. A few...
Columnists - Steve King
New Year resolutions
Nothing resonates more at this time of year than New Year resolutions. A time when we dig deep into our souls and try to convince ourselves that resolutions...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Toothpaste
I love new things. Christmas morning with its bursting stockings is like a slice of heaven for me. Few things are better than new socks, or a kind email, or a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Gatherers
Several years ago I visited an orphanage in Kenya. I spent much of my time there with several young men who had grown up and moved out of the orphanage, but...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Santa Beer
No one left any milk and cookies for Santa this year, fearing him to be a COVID superspreader, due to all the households he visited in the wee morning hours of...
Columnists - Steve King
Hopes for 2021
Most people will agree that 2020 was an “annus horribilis” in so many respects. However, if you were a dog, maybe 2020 was actually one of the best years ever...
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