Hope Darling
When Nate Darling was 8, he told his dad Jason he was going to play D1 basketball.
The Nova Scotian athlete put in the work and landed in the NCAA, first at University of Alabama at Birmingham and then the University of Delaware.
Now, Nate is going pro with a two-way contract signed with the Charlotte Hornets and their G league. Jason told The Chronicle Herald's Willy Palov all dad did to get him started was hand him a basketball — the rest was a drive to improve and hard work.
Sing along if you know the words
Want to shimmy to the "lilt of a musician in the kitchens of yore"? This group of Memorial University researchers has a holiday gift for you.
Scholar Anna Guigné, the Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place (MMaP) and the Canadian Museum of History have combined efforts to produce an album of 22 archival recordings of musicians from the Gros Morne area. Doughboys and Molasses, Oh! also features new recordings by Anita Best, Jim Payne, Matthew Byrne and Daniel Payne.
“We spend a lot of time doing research on the singers, the communities and the songs themselves,” MMaP's acting director Meghan Forsyth told The Telegram's Andrew Waterman.
“With this most recent CD … you get this really deep understanding of the relationships that people have with each other, in some cases the distances some people travelled and the kind of gatherings that they have and the kind of things that were important.”
Christmas reset
Looking to find some calm after the chaotic year we've had?
The Telegram's Tara Bradbury shares how her family learned to minimize Christmas stress and maximize joy. She shares her own experience and the advice of experts on how to wind down the stress and enjoy a season of coziness and kindness.
“I think people can get obsessed with wanting to be seen as nice,” Lab City product and pro declutterer Darryl Dinn tells readers of the holiday rush. “If you feel like you’re just checking off a box or buying a gift just to get it over with, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate. This year has hopefully given people a little perspective.”
Learn how to recalibrate your holiday plans and which expert once acted with Oscar the Grouch.
