It’s easier than you think, no matter how you slice it. We all seem to have that single guilty pleasure when it comes to a particular food. You know . . . that food you can’t imagine living without. The one, when it’s in front of you, that speaks your language and you know exactly […]

The butterfly is universally loved, but its close cousin, the moth, is not. You don’t find grade-schoolers knocking on the Halloween door costumed as a moth. Schoolyards are not planted with moth pollinator gardens. One doesn’t ask for moth coloring books.To the extent that gardeners notice moths, it’s the moth species that are pests, which […]

If you had a choice, would you exercise really hard for one minute or moderately for 45 minutes? Pressed for time, you probably picked the first option. According to a recent study, the two options — high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and endurance/aerobic training — yield some of the same health and fitness benefits.How is that possible? Is […]

As I’ve reflected on our summer months, the fun moments and the misses, I’ve noticed that the money we spent on activities skyrocketed – paddle-boarding has become a family obsession – and the amount we spent on food plummeted. Perhaps we ate out less frequently or loaded up on more vegetables and not as much […]

Tries Muslim dating apps,finally just decides to datemen who interest her “Down for halal sex.” I snorted and sank further underneath my cherry-red duvet. The midafternoon sunlight pushing through the blinds cast a glare on my phone, making it hard to view the man whose dating profile I’d stumbled on. This was a profile on […]

Late August, and chances are that any vegetable that will produce is doing just that right now. It’s been a hot, dry summer, so some vegetables may be showing significant signs of stress. My tomatoes are tiny, compared with how they usually look each summer at this time. So, too, are the blackberries. Although these […]

Readerzzz share their experiences sleepwalking and sleep-talking and sleep-shopping and sleep-arguing and sleep-eating . . .  In the summer of 1981, a Scottsdale, Arizona, man named Steven Steinberg grabbed a knife from his kitchen and proceeded to stab his wife 26 times, killing her. Steinberg was promptly charged with murder, but when it came time […]

Those of you who tuned in to NBC’s “The Voice” on Sunday night may have noticed something a little unusual: a celebrity, on network television, sans makeup. Alicia Keys, one of Season 11’s judges/coaches, no longer wears makeup, a decision she described publicly in May: “I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, […]