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Need a smile? This livestream features 6 puppies all day long

Every wiggle and wobble, every snuffle and squeak of six newborn puppies snuggling together in Finland is captured by cameras monitoring their development in the first weeks of their lives. For science, of course. Even though the puppies mostly nap and nurse — no fetching yet — they've ...

How the seasons were named

We are about two thirds, give or take, into the calendar season of Autumn, also known as Fall, and like many children become curious and ask questions, especially the ones in the “wh” (who, what, when, where, why, how) category, I find myself, at 73 years young, coming across things that ...

Things are never as easy as they seem

Why do the easy things we set out to do often turn into a disaster? I asked myself last weekend whether there was some kind of master skill for making caramel apples that I have not sufficiently gleaned after decades of motherhood. The problem with creative projects as I grow older is ...

Review: 'Everest: The Other Side,' tragedy and triumph intermingle

Hike up and ski down was Jim Morrison's relatively straightforward dream, albeit not on your typical ski hill. Morrison and his partner Hilaree Nelson aspired to summit Mount Everest's north side, something only five people had ever done. None had ever skied down it. Given the long stream of mountaineers that queue up on the south face, you could call it the most drastic feat ever of avoiding a lift line. "Everest: The Other Side," by "Free Solo" filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, is the big-screen chronicle of Morrison and Nelson's mission. Theirs is a quixotic ...

Finding options after PCP moves out of network

Question: I just received a letter that my primary care provider is no longer in network for my Medicare Advantage Plan. What are my options? Answer: We have gotten a LOT of calls about this situation and you may remember an article I wrote about a month ago. This situation can happen ...