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Guest AuthorApril 20, 2016

If you live in or around St. Petersburg, or decided now would be a great time to visit, you may have noticed something is a bit different in the Burg. A bit off. The vibe has been altered. Elderly folks looking for a reasonably priced brunch or Mah Jongg tournament are suddenly outnumbered by Type […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 5, 2015

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Yes, PT Barnum was right: There’s a sucker born every minute. But you don’t have to be one! As the circus winds its way through Florida, here are some cruelty-free alternatives: 1 – Visit a monster truck show. Humans have found a way to make trucks do amazing things, kind of like tigers and elephants […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 28, 2014

I don’t frighten easily, but raising two boys and getting them through high school is scary. Like, somewhere between Evil Dead and The Exorcist scary. So far, most of my concerns seem fairly normal. I don’t want Jacob and Zachary high or drunk anytime soon. I’d prefer they not get anyone pregnant. The flu better […]

Guest AuthorAugust 26, 2014

Recently my incorrigible publisher, Peter Schorsch, made national news stopping a feel-good, pay-it-forward event at Starbucks. After several hundred people continued a chain of buying coffee drinks for the people behind them, Peter, a statewide troublemaker who never met a controversy he didn’t enjoy, said no and stopped it. Imagine my surprise. Part of Peter’s […]

Guest AuthorApril 26, 2014

“You won’t ever experience anything like Boston,” the woman told me. We were waiting for our wave to be called for the marathon. Athlete’s Village in Hopkinton held 9,000 runners. Most seemed to be lined up in front of the port-o-potties with me. “This your first time?” I asked. “I’ve run Boston before,” she said. […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 2014

After five months of hard-core training, I hated to admit I wasn’t running fast enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I maintained a nine-minute mile for shorter distances, but drifted into 10-minute miles for longer runs. In my age group, I’d have to run a seven-minute mile for a full qualifying marathon before the […]

Tag: Catherine Dunkin Robinson

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Some advice if you’re participating in St. Anthony’s Triathlon

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Ten things you can do besides visit the circus

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Teach your kids to challenge authority

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Behavior is what’s important, not the motivation

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Boston Marathon was thrilling, dizzying, inspiring

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Running to defeat terrorism and MS