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My mother had her second bout with breast cancer. She battled breast cancer for the first time in her 70’s and it was a slow-growing post-menopausal kind. After surgery, she only needed hormone treatment for a few years. At 95-years-young, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in her remaining side. The doctor thought it…
Painted Ladies migrate as far north as the Arctic Circle. The 9,000 mile round trip is almost double the length of the famous migrations undertaken by Monarch butterflies in North America. The apparent lack of a return migration of the late-summer generation of Painted Lady butterflies was one of the greatest enigmas in insect migration ecology. from…
We took the kids to try Ethiopian Food at Addis Red Sea in the South End, Boston (our old stomping ground). We used to eat here a long time ago and the cozy ambiance is the same as we remembered. The food is delicious (but probably not as spicy as the food typically is in…
Boston’s Chinatown is home to the third-largest Chinese community in the U.S. The lion dances are a way to bring the community together in a ceremony that brings prosperity to business owners in the coming new year. The lion dancers go into each business. My kids said that patrons gave the lion dancers red envelopes…
To celebrate Valentine’s Day without the kids, my husband and I used a gift certificate that I received from my childhood friends for my birthday to take a cooking class at Saltbox Farm. It’s small working farm that sells farm shares, has a small restaurant, and a cooking school. We had a wonderful time learning…
Ansel Adams: In Our Time at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston is a sweeping look at how he portrayed the American Southwest and his influence and influences. This iconic visual legacy of Ansel Adams (1902–1984) also showed the history of the United States from racism in how Native Americans were portrayed to the internment…
Please welcome author, podcaster, and speaker Cindy Wang Brandt today. We are giving away 3 copies of her book, Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy and Kindness. How do we build a better world? One key way, says Cindy Wang Brandt, is by learning to raise our children with justice, mercy, and kindness. Please fill…