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The Dog, The Cat and the Mouse In this Romanian folk tale, we learn the source of the enmity among these animals. Naturally, lawyers were in...

Sparrow and Woodpecker This week, weeklystorybook.com features one of my favorites of the series, a Japanese story about two sisters with v...

Gathering the gang Paige (second from the right) came over today for a final get together before she leaves for her new parish in San Diego....

Happy 10th Anniversary It's been 10 years since schools began to lock their doors and make visitors sign in. The best commentary I can m...

Don't let EITHER of these people speak at Notre Dame!

Holy Week and the Perils of Irony An old college buddy dug this up from his basement, scanned it and sent it along. It originally ran in the...

The ice is pretty much off the lake (A good time to remember why I came here .)

In which two old men attempt to explain the world without losing their values (Yesterday, I was twice reminded of this column that I wrote b...

The Tulip Nursery This is one of two stories in this series that qualify as "fairy tales" but that are much more in tune with the ...

Dropping the Pilot About six months ago, I came to the Upper Valley to edit a weekly paper. Made some changes, tightened some things up, hel...

The Priest and the Tanuki This week , a Japanese folk tale of the unlikely friendship between an old priest and an aging trickster.

In case you missed Ed Henry (CNN) at the press conference: Q: Thank you, Mr. President. You spoke again at the top about your anger about AI...

Here's a wonderful way to make up for the fact that the Bogsiders never released an album. Ruth has created a "play all" lis...

My Hero (no joke) Having an emergency responder in the family, I'm used to tales of quick and creative response in an emergency. But t...

The Water Dance This week's story comes from the Bantu of Southern Africa, but features a very familiar character to anyone who has read...

Had dinner with my main man Tobias this evening. Also his sister, his parents, his uncle and two of his cousins. But they're old news.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Ladies Auxiliary of the Little Men's Marching and Chowder Society J. Jackeen O'Malley, propriet...