El bebé de Sherri Willis-Prater tenía dos meses de nacido y ella estaba a punto de regresar a trabajar en la cafetería de una escuela de Chicago. Pero cuando una noche subió el pequeño tramo de escaleras para ir a la cocina, casi se desploma, jadeando para respirar. En el hospital, a Willis-Prater, quien en…
The challenge: Make 10 small clay objects in 18 minutes — one minute each for the first five pieces, two minutes for the next four and five for the last one. Ariela Kuh, a ceramic artist with a bright demeanor and a yellow apron, set a timer on her iPhone as she explained the drill…
Spring unfolds each year in color, yes, but also in sound. And, regrettably, in noise — some of it emanating from our gardens. When Nancy Lawson, a Maryland-based naturalist and nature writer, speaks about the voices of frogs or birds, she uses the word “sound.” When she refers to humanity’s voice — the din of…
“Pierce Brosnan would come on his own and say, ‘What should I drink?’” Mr. Field recalled. “‘Perhaps a dry martini, sir,’ I’d say, and I would make him the most perfect dry martini. In my own little head, I had served James Bond.” Mr. Field decided he wanted to be a barman during a school…
Binge eating disorder entered the diagnostic manual on mental health conditions 10 years ago. It’s still getting overlooked.