Your daily dose of sweetness comes from — not surprisingly — Steve Hartman again.
It’s the story of Ethel Weiss of Brookline, Mass. She’s 101 now and still runs the toy and candy shop by herself.
She won’t or can’t retire, she says, because she doesn’t want to disappoint anyone.
She used to help kids with their math when she sold them some candy. But now they help her. She forgets things.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins