http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri CRI RSS Feed http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-05-13_they_all_made_house_calls hey all made house calls. These people came to our house regularly when I was growing up in New England during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Thu, 13 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-05-13_they_all_made_house_calls 2010-05-13T05:00:00Z http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-03-18_a_cri_trivia_test Spring term classes will soon be underway at the Creative Retirement Institute, and you know what that means, trivia fans! It’s time for another quiz that purports to test your knowledge but is really a plot to entice you into some of the great courses coming up. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-03-18_a_cri_trivia_test 2010-03-18T05:00:00Z http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-02-25_naturalist_hopes_to_raise_awareness_at_cri_class Quite simply, this will be some of the most striking photography of birds and their habitats you have ever seen. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-02-25_naturalist_hopes_to_raise_awareness_at_cri_class 2010-02-25T06:00:00Z http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-01-21_why_did_dickens_give_us_the_dickens_ He may not have been the first visitor to America to tell us off, but he probably was the first celebrity to do so. Disillusioned with life in Great Britain, Charles Dickens came to the United States in 1842 hoping to find a glorious new republic. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT http://edmondsbeacon.com/columns/cri/article.exm/2010-01-21_why_did_dickens_give_us_the_dickens_ 2010-01-21T06:00:00Z