Austinite Amal Morse says she’s just a “concerned human being” when it comes to climate change but Grape-Nuts says she’s a woman changing the world. A documentary filmmaker who focuses on the effects of climate change in Antarctica, Morse was able to travel to the continent in March, with the help of a grant from Grape-Nuts’ Female Pioneers program.
Published June 03. 2021 9:00AM
By Bill Stanley, Special to the Times
My friend, Mike DiMauro, the sports columnist for The Day, wrote a column recently celebrating the re-opening of New London’s iconic Dutch Tavern after a pandemic-related closure of more than a year. In describing The Dutch’s cozy interior, he pointed out, among other qualities at this fine establishment, that there is no Wi-Fi.
“But there are several newspapers,” he wrote, adding parenthetically “A newspaper is a printed publication issued daily and commonly contains news, sports, features, commentary and advertising, in case the word is unfamiliar.”
As is often the case, DiMauro was writing with tongue firmly implanted in cheek. Or was he?