“Mount Katahdin (Maine), Autumn #2” Marsden Hartley loved Maine. And hated Maine. He created here, but his fame as one of America’s greatest modernist painters came from the artwork he did in Europe. In his later years, he wanted to be known as the painter of Maine. But in the 73 years since his death, […]
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How a full spice cabinet can keep you healthy
Spices and herbs add delicious variety to the foods we eat. But spices and herbs are much more than flavor enhancers — they are nutritional powerhouses. After all, spices and herbs come from plants, which means they are sources of plant phytonutrients. Many phytonutrients have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory or even anti-cancer properties, and in the case […]
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Pumping iron gives my mind a lift
Focus, repetition works like meditation for some When I think of meditation, I picture an image of serenity — a wide-open room, a person sitting cross-legged on a mat, eyes closed and mind relaxed. Meditation, to me, conjures up peacefulness, calmness, quietness and stillness. Which is why the sight of bulging biceps, dripping sweat and […]
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Telemedicine allows ailing students to stay in school
In late November, on the first cold morning of the season, a second-grader at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Maryland, had trouble breathing during recess.When the school nurse, Veronica DeSimone, examined the girl, she heard wheezing in her chest and determined that the child was having an asthma attack.The nurse would have administered relieving […]
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‘Haunted’ N.Y. hamlet a center of spiritualist movement
I can admit now that I went — and dragged my long-suffering husband — to the community of Lily Dale in Western New York because I was secretly hoping for a message from the dead. Specifically, one from my father, who now is gone six years. The Lily Dale Assembly is the country’s oldest continuously […]
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Super-sized otters prowled prehistoric China
World, meet Siamogale melilutra. S. melilutra was an otter. A really, really big otter. It weighed about 110 pounds and grew to be the size of a wolf. It had a powerful jaw and huge, rounded cheek teeth that were useful for wrenching large shellfish and mollusks out of their protective shells. S. melilutra lived […]
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Rare disorder keeps people from knowing where they are
I knew I was safe. I was mere blocks from where I’d started my walk with Otis, the beagle I was dog-sitting. That knowledge didn’t matter, though; fear and adrenaline pulsed through my veins and I began to sweat profusely, which only added to the confusion in my brain. I had no idea where I […]
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Eats: Rails — Changes at Lewiston restaurant keep it right on track
New. That’s the vibe these days at Rails, the popular Lincoln Street eatery in Lewiston, as it begins its third year. New food. New drinks. New art and music. A new bar area. A recently added manager. And, technically, even a new owner. Ileshea Stowe, the restaurant’s director of operations and public relations from the […]
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The high altar’s Lamb of God mosiac
Celebrating the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul The high altar at the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is constructed of one piece of Italian marble. The twisting, peach-hued Solomonic columns in front were part of the basilica’s old side altars and reconstituted to fit with the high altar. The centerpiece of the altar […]