For many, death is an uncomfortable conversation. A retired doctor from St. Louis Park has written a new book on end-of-life planning. Dr. A. Stuart Hanson’s book is called “A Senior’s Guide for Living Well and Dying Well: Conversations that Matter.” “We’re all going to die sometime,” Hanson said. “We want to live more consciously …
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It only took a few lines from “The Little Engine That Could” for Ellie McCaw to be hooked. “I really liked the blue engine,” Ellie said, shyly peeking out from behind her grandmother. Along with their adults, the 4½-year-old and about a dozen other children were on hand for an interactive story time Tuesday at …
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MEXICO, NY (WROC) — Weather can be endlessly fascinating, especially when you grow up hearing about the big storms your parents went uphill in, both ways. Storms and stories like that are what inspired Kellen Bassette to sit down and start writing. “I knew about the big storms Oswego was famous for (in) 1958, 1966,” …
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Created by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, The umbrella opens on a not-so-cheerful note. In a city where it rains incessantly, the residents live a wet existence until an inventive girl comes across a dilapidated umbrella in a vintage shop and ingeniously, if unwittingly, summons the elusive sun. Published this month by Clarion with an …
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Two storied, decades-old bookstores in San Francisco are closing this year, marking the end of an era for Alexander Book Company and The Magazine. Bonnie Stuppin, one of the owners of Alexander Book Company, said the SoMa bookstore will likely close toward the end of April after 32 years of service. The reason, she says, …
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Photo by Emily J. Davis Opening March 29 at Segerstrom Hall, American Ballet Theater and the Pacific Symphony present the American premiere of “Like Water for Chocolate,” a full-length ballet that brings the famous novel by Laura Esquivel to life. On March 23, writer Marytza K. Rubio, one of the Orange Coast’s Kickass Women honorees …
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personal finance books every year and I love doing it. getty It’s becoming a tradition to share my favorite personal finance books every year, and I love doing it. So many great financial minds share their insights, it’s a challenge to narrow it down to just five. But here are my favorite personal finance books …
Virginia Shaw Genthner, of Nobleboro, reads with her horse, Jellybean, who stars in her newly released book “Jellybean Finds a Family.” She plans to write more books from his perspective. The second, “Jellybean Finds Friends,” is in the illustration process now. (Courtesy photo) A Nobleboro horse is the star of a new children’s book series …
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