29 May What You Hold Close
Sea otters have a small fold of skin under their arms where they store their favorite rock. They use it to crack open clams and mussels, but they also carry...
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22 May The Part You Don’t Play
In an interview, Chris Martin shared that Coldplay splits their songwriting royalties equally, regardless of who plays on a given track. No guitar? The guitarist still gets paid. No drums?...
15 May When the Heat Rises
The first real heat wave hit Phoenix last week. Triple digits. I’d parked in full sun without thinking, and when I opened the car door after an appointment, the heat...
08 May With Both Hands
In the 1950s, a hospital in Michigan began bringing ducklings into the children’s ward. Medicine was making progress—there were glimmers of hope in treating illnesses like polio—but many of the...
01 May The Worst Thing Isn’t the Last Thing
We were seated near the front of the church, in the second row. It was Easter morning, and the sanctuary was packed—people shoulder to shoulder in floral prints and pastels....
24 Apr Try Softer
It started small—just a bit of sinus pressure. But it didn’t go away. The aching crept across my face, made it hard to sleep, hard to think. I was exhausted,...