I have been composting since 1981, when I first started cleaning sheep barns for a cut of the manure. I fed sheep manure compost to my garden every year for 15 years and watched the clumpy clay and rock soil turn into black earth that could grow anything. Then I moved to Providence and after […]
George Eliot wrote, “Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” At Urban Air Adventure Park (UAAP), just north of Woonsocket in Bellingham, Mss, it is both, depending on whether you are child or caretaker of said child. Part trampoline park and part ninja warrior playground with an arcade, rock climbing wall and dodgeball court, […]
It just was announced that a second child has died this year in RI from flu complications. At least three have died in Massachusetts and many other deaths are being reported across the country. In related news, there have been measles outbreaks in Washington State, New York and Texas, with additional cases reported in Oregon, Connecticut, […]
Dear C and Dr. B; I live with my brother, who is an environmental activist. Nothing wrong with that, but he takes it to the extreme. He doesn’t sleep, eats little and is always upset over the state of things. He collects articles and papers his room with them. Twice he was even arrested for acts […]
My favorite author, the late Ursula K. LeGuin, wrote about a certain kind of wizard, the patterner, in her Earthsea Trilogy. I am no wizard, but I do see patterns, and then write about them. In the same set of books LeGuin also points out the importance of calling things by their real name, and […]
The US currently ranks highest in healthcare spending among the world’s developed nations. Our average cost per capita is $10,029 a year. What can we do to get our overall costs down? Practice better self-care. But self-care is more than just diet and exercise. The pressures, expectations and anxiety in our lives can make us […]
Oh, Valentine’s Day — it’s the worst day of the year or the best, it all depends on your relationship status. Or at least that’s how it used to be. But now younger people and Valentine’s Day don’t blend as well as they used to, in large part because very few teens care about the […]
We know the message from the flight attendants: Place the oxygen mask on yourself first. It seems like an obvious warning and yet, even in the face of a spiraling airplane, many of us need to be reminded to take care of ourselves. It would actually be inspiring if the consequences to ignoring self-care weren’t […]
It’s not surprising that academic researchers have tried to define and even quantify love, but it is somewhat surprising that they only have been doing so since tentative explorations in the 1970s and more substantially in the 1980s. Leading researchers on the subject Clyde and Susan Hendrick devoted a chapter to “Love” in Liking, Loving, […]
The New England Leather Alliance Fetish Fair Fleamarket once again takes over the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, February 15 – 17, and we expect you to be there. Don’t disobey us. This safe and welcoming event presents an annual opportunity to explore something new, connect with like-minded individuals or take your kink to the next […]