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Unlike weddings and funerals, Thanksgiving is the one occasion each year solely designed to bring family and friends together for the...

If you happen to be strolling down the street one morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and notice a weird green gremlin staring up at you...

Don’t get us wrong. We love Powell’s, The Strand, Rizzoli, Shakespeare & Company, and all the other great bookstores of the world. And...

A potluck lunch was held in Chelsea last Sunday and 700 or so neighbors showed up! It was the third annual “Longest Table”  party in New...

And the number 1 worst candy treat ever foisted upon unlucky trick-or-treaters? Circus peanuts.

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These days, it is essential to have a few tried and true relaxation techniques in your emotional survival kit. Stress and anxiety seem...

When you’re in New York City and you really need to find a toilet, you don’t have many reliable options. You could sashay into a busy...

In a hilly neighborhood in northern Manhattan, there’s a beloved seating area at the top of a steep public staircase connecting the...

It’s that time once again to banish your gloomy thoughts and troublesome worries by having them burned to ashes along with the veritable...

TomTom Cats and their human companions have been in the spotlight lately, recipients of some ill-advised scorn on the current political...

A red button is blinking on the aerial Google map of Worcester, England, where the image of a large medieval-looking church is located....

If it feels like you’re stressing out more than ever these days, you’re not alone. Concerns about family, health, work, politics,...

You would think that building a sandcastle on the beach would be a supremely futile task. You only have a short window of time to finish...

In recent years, indoor gardening has blossomed into a popular phenomenon. It makes sense as gardening in general is still one of the...

The latest Global Peace Index has rated Iceland the most peaceful country in the world, a position it has held since 2008, followed by...

These days, the national weather map looks more like the upper end of the Scoville hot peppers scale, glowing habanero orange to cayenne...

During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown months, when a nervous trip to the grocery store or a walk around the block were our only...

The sound of a distant train's whistle echoing across the stillness of a lonely night is perhaps the most haunting of sounds. Those...