Bicycles prove home delivery is nothing new
Online grocery shopping and same-day delivery have exploded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Of course, delivery services are nothing new. Home grocery delivery dates to the 1890s and was common in the early 20th century. It began to decline after World War II with the rise of suburbs and supermarkets, at least in the United States. The change wasn’t quite as drastic in Europe. This bicycle advertising Collins Chemist, which sold for 1,020 pounds (about $1,200 in U.S. currency) at a Bonhams auction, is one of the “trade” or “carrier” bicycles used in ...
Sleater-Kinney announce new album ‘Little Rope’
LOS ANGELES — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record another album. She initially says yes, then changes her answer to “That’s really up in the air.” At different moments in time, both answers could be viewed as correct. Sleater-Kinney is always writing, and their 10th studio album (their second since the departure of drummer Janet Weiss) is the result of many conflicting ideas. “Little Rope”, which will be released Jan. 19, was written in a ...
Celebrate today
There is a celebration for every day of the year if you are looking for something to celebrate. I hope the daily celebrations for the upcoming week make you smile or maybe facilitate a trip to the library to look for a book to help you celebrate the day in style. Sun. Oct. 1 International Coffee Day and National Homemade Cookie Day. What could be better than a homemade cookie and a cup of coffee on a Sunday? A couple of titles to help are “The New Rules of Coffee: A Modern Guide for Everyone” by Jordan Michelman (641.3373 Michelm) and “Fabulous Modern Cookies: Lessons in Better ...
‘A wonderful time’
On Friday, Sept. 15, Matt Kuster was inducted into the Bethany Lutheran College Athletic Hall of Fame. Kuster was elected for his play on the BLC baseball team from 1989-91, where he helped the team to a state championship. However, it was playing summer ball in New Ulm where Kuster got his ...
PBS boasts slate of new shows unaffected by strikes, which it hopes will draw viewers in
NEW YORK — PBS was looking forward to a relatively free lane to offer fresh television to viewers downtrodden by the Hollywood strikes this fall, but that advantage may only last a couple of months now. A tentative deal reached late Sunday in the crippling TV writers strike, with hopes that actors would soon follow suit, has given rise to hopes that new episodes of favorite scripted shows might return sometime this winter. With commercial networks largely bereft of fresh material beyond reality shows, sports and game shows, PBS has a fall schedule of new programming, including a ...