The package arrived, unbidden, two days into New York City’s lockdown in March 2020. We were adapting to our new life, prowling through the apartment at all hours. I was trying to figure out how to hand-stitch masks using old jeans and shoelaces. I wasn’t sure what to do with the mail — whether we…
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — Robert Reeves, 78, spends most days lounging by the pool, taking in the low-desert sun with his friends and neighbors. The four of them talk about what’s new — recovery from a recent corrective foot surgery, some chronic inflammation issues — and record videos for social media, where they’ve amassed millions…
In advance of a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her 2000 album “The Teaches of Peaches,” the performance artist and musician Merrill Nisker, 55, who is better known as Peaches, dug into her archive. The archive is not metaphorical, but a storage unit full of photos, video footage and costumes. Among the old costumes…
A 17th-Century Stone House Outside Teruel, Spain $105,000 (99,000 EUROS) Tucked into the remote hills of Aragón, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, this converted 17th-century flour mill is now a quaint country residence. For centuries, mills were vital economic engines for Spain’s rural communities. “Today there are very few left,” said Ana Vela, a…
The relationship between footwear and seasonal change is symbiotic, especially when you’re shifting from the cooler months of the year to sunshine-filled days of spring and summer. Leather boots are no longer necessary and—at long last—baring your toes and ankles is deemed weather appropriate. This year, the season’s statement shoe trends are a splashy mix…
LONDON — With so many lives affected by cancer — in the United States alone, about 40 percent will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lives — it might be understandable if the disease were a common and compelling subject for museum shows. Despite the statistics, major exhibitions on cancer have been few and far…
As a young girl, Ellen Weldon probably never dreamed she would grow up to become a calligrapher. “The first and only F I ever got was in the sixth grade for handwriting,” said Ms. Weldon, 67, who has since perfected her penmanship and has been running Ellen Weldon Design, which has been offering calligraphic services…
Ms. Montufar worried that decision might upset their disinvited guests who saw photos of the reception on social media. “I felt so bad,” she said, “because obviously they saw one of my good friend’s little sisters there, and it’s like, ‘Oh, they invited the little sister but they didn’t invite me.’” No one has since…
MALIHABAD, India — No fruit in India is as universally loved and as eagerly anticipated as the mango, which, for one brief window each year, cools and sweetens the long days of summer. Mangoes are added to kebabs, used to sour dishes and puréed with mint to make refreshing drinks. Connoisseurs argue fervently about which…
That good things come in threes was a lesson I learned in stages. It began years ago, when I bought my house in the Hudson Valley and noticed three tiny plants growing under the edge of the front porch. I did not know it then, but they were trilliums — specifically, the native wake robin…