Becca meets John at a backyard barbeque put together by mutual friends. They hit it off, finding common ground in movies they’ve enjoyed, and decide to get together for coffee. Over the next few weeks, they become friends, but after a while Becca realizes the attraction has deepened. She’s falling in love. The result? She…
Land That I Love: Learning From the Voices of the Dead
May 24, 2022
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You Can Train Your Body to Think It’s Had Medicine
Marette Flies was 11 when her immune system turned against her. A cheerful student from Minneapolis, Minnesota, she had curly brown hair and a pale, moon-shaped face, and she loved playing trumpet in her high-school band. But in 1983, she was diagnosed with lupus, a condition in which the immune system destroys the body’s…
Film Review: ‘Montana Story’: The Uneasy Family Ties That Bind
R | 1h 54min | Drama, Mystery | 27 May 2022 (USA) Had creator and show runner Taylor Sheridan chosen another name for his wildly popular Paramount+ TV series “Yellowstone,” it could have just as easily been “Montana Story.” Like this film with that name, it includes a patriarch with a lot of baggage (emotional and otherwise), siblings with emotional scars, and…
Flight Attendant Finds Love After Giving Up Hope, Travels 16 Countries and 14 States With Soulmate
When a flight attendant finally met her soulmate, a nuclear engineer, after years of waiting, the result was explosive. For Tatiana Wallace, 36, the constant globe-trotting her job entails poses relationship challenges. The solution? She packed up her now-husband, Travis Brent Wallace, 40, and took him along with her. “I wanted to take him everywhere…
A Movie for Memorial Day: 1952’s ‘Above and Beyond’
May 22, 2022
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For many, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. We enjoy barbecues, picnics, and pool parties. However, beyond a few American flags in decorations, we often forget this holiday’s origin and meaning. Originally called Decoration Day, the holiday may have begun with Southern women’s decorating graves of fallen Civil War soldiers. In 1868, General John…
Exclusive Photos of the Interior of Musical Instruments—Check Out the Detailed Hidden Spaces
May 22, 2022
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A former concert cellist returned to a long-time love of photography during the pandemic, using new camera lens technology to explore musical instruments like never before. His compelling photos of instruments’ interiors are at once close-up and labyrinthine, giving us a peek into a world of vast, secret spaces. Charles Brooks, 43, has been a…
Book Review: ‘One Italian Summer’: Magical Realism Dealing With Loss and Life
May 21, 2022
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I wanted to like this book from the beginning. I was hooked on the fact that it takes place in Italy during the summer. What’s not to love. I learned it was about a strong mother-daughter relationship. I also learned it was about loss. I had a mother; I have a daughter. The main protagonist,…
Film Review: ‘The Race to Alaska’: ‘Mad Max’ Meets the Iditarod on Water
May 21, 2022
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NR | 1h 39min | Documentary, Sports | 20 May 2022 (USA) Everyone knows one or, at least, knows someone who knows one (or maybe, it’s you): the people that regularly participate in “extreme” sporting events. Apart from the microscopic number of those who engage in these activities as a profession, the remainder do so for the sheer thrill of it…
VIDEO: Fearless, Fluffy Pup’s Paragliding Adventures With His Owner Go Viral
Delighted to find out his fearless dog also had his eyes on the sky, an experienced paraglider commissioned a custom harness to allow the pair to paraglide safely together. As the pup’s enjoyment soared, so did their adventures. Shams, 39, grew up in the south of France and has been paragliding for 15 years. He…
Fine Print: The Books That Make Us Better
Mentors come in many shapes, sizes, and guises. That high school football coach who pushed you through two-a-day pre-season practices in August, shouting, cajoling, and commanding until you and your buddies were puddles of perspiration, taught you toughness and perseverance. That college professor whose inexhaustible pen left a river of red ink on your essays…
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