ABBOTSFORD - Electrical conduit, garage door springs, metal, bicycle wheels, chicken wire and green cloth doesn't seem like the makings of anything special. But to Abbotsford it is. Droves of people ...

Even if you didn't grow up listening to or even knowing much about Peter, Paul and Mary, you probably know a thing or two about the band's music. Or, at the very least, you know some of the bangers, ...

Peter, Paul, and Mary gave us Puff the Magic Dragon, a timeless song about the magic of youth. Unsurprisingly, it was based on a poem by a 19-year-old Cornell student, Leonard Lipton. Whether it's on ...

A song about the adventures of a magical dragon sounds innocent enough, but like many songs written in the '60s, "Puff the Magic Dragon" is regarded by many as a metaphor for drug use. Perhaps this ...

Thank goodness for dinner parties! Not only did we enjoy a superb meal and fine wines, but I got the inspiration for this column. One of the trivia buff guests regaled me with his story of a ...

Spend any time listening to Peter Yarrow, the folk musician who died Tuesday at 86, and you’re bound to discover “Puff, the Magic Dragon” — a ballad performed by the trio Peter, Paul and Mary that has ...

After the huge success of the Peter, Paul and Mary hit, he founded StereoGraphics and developed an electro-optical modulator known as ZScreen. By Carolyn Giardina, Mike Barnes Lenny Lipton, who wrote ...