Stress hormones drop;good white cells surge Over thousands of years of human history, we have effectively become an indoor species. Particularly for those of us trapped in the cubicle life, often the only times we regularly step foot outside is for our daily work commute or to run errands. In 2001, a survey sponsored by […]

Sometime in the middle of the afternoon, on every hike, the conversation turns to food. As woodland shadows grow longer, our tummies begin to seek the calories that will fuel us through the rest of the day. If we’re leaving the trail, the question is: “Where are we going for dinner?” But if we’re staying […]

Think Craigslist … There’s an interesting trend in web design these days: Making websites that look, well … bad. Look at Hacker News. Pinboard. The Drudge Report. Adult Swim. Bloomberg Businessweek features. All of these sites – some decades old, some built recently – and hundreds more like them, eschew the templated, user-friendly interfaces that […]

I was watching “The Goonies” with my 8-year-old son recently. It was an old VHS copy that my wife found at a yard sale, and luckily we still had a VCR, the same one I’d gotten from my mother when I was 8. Tristan’s blue eyes were glossy, his body was limp; everything about him […]

Let’s be real: Dating can be a drag. Seeking a partner can become an emotional slog, and it sure doesn’t get any easier if you’re planning on moving to Canada if Donald Trump is elected president. Luckily, now there’s a dating website that takes this into consideration. It’s called Maple Match, and its tagline promises […]

By land, by sea and even by air, locals and those from away go the distance to the end of Basin Point in South Harpswell to savor the experience that is The Dolphin Marina & Restaurant. This summer marks my 30th year of driving down the now-familiar winding road for my fix of famous fish […]