“Violent Night” doesn’t have it in itself to be the best naughty Christmas movie ever made, so it tries to compensate by being every naughty Christmas movie ever made. Drunken, bitter Santa (played here by David Harbour)? That’s been done before, let’s say most notably by 2003’s “Bad Santa.” Murderous thieves taking hostages at Christmastime? […]
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Age-Friendly Community Initiative
AFCI The AFCI N2N Rides program needs drivers! Want to help? Call 824-4444, and a team member will return your call with lots of information about how to join us. Community Remember that the AFCI N2N Rides Program can drive you to any of these community events. Just call 824-4444 at lease 3 days in […]
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Backyard Reflections: Hemlocks – Part II
Hemlocks moderate temperatures, dropping them about 10 degrees in the canopy, and 5 to 10 degrees below on the forest floor. Feathery branches intercept rain or snow, reducing the moisture that actually reaches the ground that helps control flooding. These trees also purify the waters beneath them, allowing brook trout to thrive. If left alone […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Butch Are you embarrassed that you don’t have enough cats? Want to impress your guests with a most handsome, one-of-a-kind cat? Would you like to be confident in the fact that you have the big, beautiful cat you need? The cat your neighbors will envy? Introducing the ‘Butch’ model, a fantastic feline in very limited […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Howdy! Gunner’s the name and yes, these are my natural haircolors. I’ve heard I’m part Catahoula Leopard Dog, which is actually neither cat nor leopard. It confused me, too. I am strong and athletic and I like to work out daily. I can’t afford a Peloton, so walks, running and ball playing it is. But […]
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Age-Friendly Community Initiative
The N2N Rides program has a host of drivers who love to drive, to contribute to their community – and, especially, to get to know their neighbors through the driver/rider relationship. They are happy to help their friends and neighbors get to important events like some of the wonderful holiday activities – or Christmas shopping […]
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Backyard Reflections: Tree of Life?
PART 1 Every culture has a myth about the “tree of life” except the western one unless we include the Christmas tree which today is often made of plastic. As we approach the holiday season I am sickened by the thought of more live trees being cut down, only to be thrown out the […]
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Energy Matters: Making Simple Complicated
It’s really very simple, but some people sincerely don’t seem to get it. The problem the world has is this: We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So far, that is not happening. Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to rise. Annual global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 billion metric […]
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Movie Review/’The Menu’
Like the cozy restaurant setting of “The Menu,” the theater at my screening of the film this past Friday was sparsely populated. But though the attendance was small in number, there was an unusual sense of kinship in the air. Laughs and groans could be attributed to individual audience members, as well as occasional biting […]
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Movie Review/’Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
In 2018, “Black Panther” became the biggest hit of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It even made more at the domestic box office than that year’s “Avengers: Infinity War.” Since then, King T’challa (Chadwick Boseman) of the African kingdom of Wakanda died at the hand of Thanos, came back in “Avengers: Endgame,” and then died permanently […]