by Jacqueline Houtman | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
In 2001, Del Bolin suffered a pulmonary embolism, a potentially deadly blood clot in his lung. During Bolin’s treatment, his doctor discovered that Bolin had a rare condition that makes him prone to blood clots. Bolin was prescribed warfarin, an anticoagulant drug...
by Candice Wagener | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
The big, bumpy Pueblo Hubbard Squash is one of Chef Elena Terry’s favorite ingredients. It’s the star of one of her signature dishes, a dessert she calls SassSquash, in which she pairs the rich flavor of the Pueblo Hubbard with tart wild cranberries and smoky maple...
by Jason Smith | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
Most days, I sit at the table on our screened-in porch and work. The spot affords me a nice view of our late-summer garden and, now that online school has started, the kids are too occupied to bother me much. I realize the privilege I have in working from home, and...
by Jane Elder | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
There was a particularly sage observation I once heard from my undergraduate psychology professor. I can’t remember the specific lecture in which this observation arose, but it has stuck with me for years: “One of the signs of good mental health is the ability to...
by Jacquelyn Thomas | Sep 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
My father eats braunschweiger sandwiches, thick ones he squeezes tight to hold together. He holds them with the hand that’s missing a finger. Bread fills in the empty space. It bulges out like a roll of fat. His good hand is taking a nap. It’s a boulder that doesn’t...
by Karen Loeb | May 29, 2020 | Magazine Article
By age three everything’s in place.There’s a closet for storing languagewith all the nouns and verbs on hooks and hangersknowing their places, who comes firstand who must stay back, how to make plurals,with an ‘s’ we romancers and English...
