August 2014
Tagged - Living City August-September 2014
August 5, 100 years ago: the first traffic light
September 8, 350 years ago: New Amsterdam was renamed New York
Letting go of perfection
How a few misplayed notes and a fellow actor’s improvisation turned a performance into something more than perfect
Surprise hidden in apples and figs
Fresh homegrown fruit inspired this dessert I served at an evening to catch up with our friend
I almost quit
When it came to cooking for my sister’s graduation party, asking myself what my mom would have done if she were still here gave me the strength I needed
Drinking the right way
Parents do matter
Thanks to modern technology, we have learned that the brain undergoes a major reorganization between the ages of 12 and 25 years. It’s like getting an upgrade to your computer — in the end the brain is much faster and more sophisticated.
I saw myself checking my phone
“My daughter was feeling left of by her friends who had more gadgets..” A mother’s first impulse was to blame the other parents, but then she realized how often her phone distracted her from the kids
Skateboard Jesus
Healing more than my story
Finding his birth mother had been wrongly contained in a mental health facility for 24 years, John Freeman worked to restore her rights and those of many others
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