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Craft Optimism Opens This Saturday

One focus of the Smithsonian’s new spring show is sustainable fashion.

April 20, 2021

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Vaccine-Induced Blood Clots

U.S. health officials, concerned about mistreatment of clots, recommended pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

April 19, 2021

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What We Want to Have Now

Giddy grasshoppers, beeswax and Vietnamese barbecue. It all makes sense somehow.

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Now Watch This

Four reasons to turn on your TV this week.

April 18, 2021

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Green Acre #329: The Eternal Power of Flowers

Designer Charlotte Moss inspires us with the eternal posy.

April 14, 2021

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Choosing Closet Essentials

Shopping for summertime basics.

April 13, 2021

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Dysautonomia Revisited

A disruption in the autonomic nervous system is a common symptom of long-haul Covid.

April 12, 2021

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Virtual Museum: Kusama on the Loose!

Might the 92-year-old artist’s cosmic vision be the vaccine we really need?

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Green Acre #328: Much Ah-choo! About Fragrant Flowers

Don’t blame the budgies, blame the buds.

April 7, 2021

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Getting a Head Start

Hair products for when you can or want to resume your social life.

April 6, 2021

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Post-Pandemic Spring Cleansing

A diagnosis like SIBO and an ionic foot bath treatment are very 2021.

April 5, 2021

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Virtual Museum: Frida and Friends

Two photo exhibits at the Frick Pittsburgh show the artist Frida Kahlo in the very fullness of her painful life.

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Green Acre #327: 38 Years of Forsythia

Remarkably little may happen to a garden if you don’t do . . .something.

March 31, 2021

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Smithsonian’s Virtual ‘Craft Optimism’ Opens April 24

It wouldn’t be spring without a Smithsonian Craft Show. For 2021, the theme is climate change.

March 30, 2021

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A Diabetes Drug That May Slow Aging

A new study is evaluating metformin’s effects on age-related diseases.

March 29, 2021

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The Promise of Easter Dinner

The question becomes, Can I get my dust bunnies out of the way to make room for chocolate bunnies?

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Green Acre #326: 30 Years Making the Passover Seder . . .

. . . and not one photo to prove it.

March 24, 2021

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Eyelet Candy

Holes in clothes never looked so appealing.

March 23, 2021

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