Take a ride in Tito’s car, lounge on the beaches where two Elizabeths — Taylor and the Queen — did crossword puzzles with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro. In Brijuni, all the memories are, perhaps understandably, very long ones.
by Pat Brennan Continue reading Brijuni, Croatia
Food touches us all. We put it into our bodies, it’s intimate and personal, and while we can make choices about what we eat, abstinence is not one of those choices. Whether we’re eating a 20-ounce steak, poi, or quinoa salad, it’s an expression of who we are, where we’ve come from, and where we intend to go.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading What we eat
Jayme Stone is accomplished enough as a musician to stop a show, to be tricky, to wow us with the banjo equivalent of a high-wire act. What makes his work so effective, though, is that he chooses not to.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Jayme Stone releases the Lomax Project
We don’t think of art in those terms. But if there were, what would it sound like?
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Is there such a thing as a perfect album?
I used to think that ADHD was made up, and that kids were being medicated for the wrong reasons, such as a need to normalize them or manage them. I see things differently now.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Making sense of ADD
When we were young, cooties were the height of disgust and fear. And they still are.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading House of Horrors
My father was an archetypal product of the 1950s. Complete with a Cary Grant dimple on his chin, his memories of high school sparkled with the clarity of a string of sun-shiny days, football practices, cruising around the town in a baby-blue car. And then things changed.
by Glen Herbert Continue reading What we talk about when we talk about life
Steve Colbert once said that stay-at- home dads are “against nature’s laws.” Your grandmother probably thinks that, too.
by Glen Herbert Continue reading It’s a moms world
The numbers and the minutia are really not as important as the concept: foods with a high glycemic index release glucose more quickly, which results in a spike in blood sugar. Which is the mechanics behind the old saw that you are what you eat.
by Glen Herbert Continue reading What you need to know about the glycemic index, and why
Girls not only have ADHD, they have it just as much as boys, and they may suffer its effects longer and more deeply than boys.
By Glen Herbert Continue reading Listening to the Social Butterfly
