Rhode Island may not strike you as a place of great migration, but for three Indigenous women hailing from distinct communities across the country, life in this corner of Turtle Island (North America) brings unique challenges and discoveries. And it’s not simply Indian Country vs. settler land; each Indigenous community has its own cultures and […]
“I wasn’t young for very long.” She takes me to Glorious West African Cuisine on Elmwood Avenue. We eat fried plantains and dry rice, and she accuses me of picking at my food. “You finicky? I used to call my son finicky. Then he got older and now he’ll eat whatever you put in front […]
Dear C and Dr. B; I’ve got a very high stress job. I know many people do, but recently the stress has gotten got to Red Alert; there’s been a lot of competition for a promotion that’s coming up for senior manager of my division. I heard today that I’m one of the three finalists […]
On the second floor of an apartment on Parade Street, there’s a man with no shirt standing in front of a window trying not to draw Superman. “It’s hard when something gets inside your head and you feel like you have to get it out, but it’s a waste of time. It’s a waste of […]
Dear Spyce, My partner and I have been together about a year now, and it’s become apparent we have an addiction: We have to have sex every day, sometimes two or three times a day. No matter what we’re doing, we always can make time for sex. Is there such a thing as having too […]
We were sitting around a circular table trying not to eat the bread. “You put out food that gives off a nice smell, like fresh-baked bread or soup,” said our hostess, a woman in her mid-60s who had invited the group of us to her house for a seance. “It invites the spirits in.” This […]
She works in a small office on the line where Providence meets North Providence, where she does medical billing and tries not to fall asleep. “I bartend at night, and when I first started, I could juggle all these things,” she tells me over coffee near her house. “I’m getting older now so that’s not […]
What country has the highest paid doctors? The top 10 list holds some surprises. But first, a caveat: Take these statistics as a large generalization. A physician friend of mine noted that in his experience, there is a wide spread in earnings, especially among specialists, but also with primary care doctors. “Those in ortho, radiology and […]
The rusted frame of a nosecone pokes out of a tangle of vines and long grass, permanently grounded, never to fly again. Behind, a cross-section of a narrow body jet slowly sinks into the soft undergrowth, another resident of the airplane graveyard deep in the backwoods of South County. But don’t go grabbing your passport […]
The last time I was with ghost hunter Dustin Pari, we were sitting in the attic at the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River. All the lights were out, sans Pari’s computer screen and the device he held in his hands to help spirit voices come through. After some garbled sounds poured out of the […]