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How many times have you had to forcefully extract yourself from the rabbit hole of Google?

Just yesterday, instead of working, I found myself in an...

I was thinking about Finland this morning which is totally random because while I’ve been lucky enough to see much of this world, I’ve...

On my way back from dropping my kids at school on Friday, I pressed play (pun!) on my 80s playlist and scrolled down to “Voices Carry”...

In 8th grade, my Italian teacher Mrs. Gibson asked us to read and then memorize parts of Rigoletto, Verdi’s Italian opera.

At 13-years-old,...

I was sitting in hour three in a large conference room at the United Nations, you know the one with those ear thingys and translation booths all...

Last night, I showed my kids videos I took in this little village that made me feel like I had walked right onto the set Coco (which is impossible...

A few months ago, despite being subscribed to waaaay too many newsletters, I signed up to get Merriam-Webster's “word of the day," daily in...

I have twin seniors applying to college at the very same time, and this is the key month for early applications.

What does that mean?

Aside from...

I was trying not to curse at the M23 bus driver as he cut me off on my drive across 23rd street the other morning, my three kids in tow, late...

I swear I was trying to simplify my life but three days into my new flip phone I feel…frenetic.

This wasn’t supposed to be an...

I want to share the meaning of the Spanish word querencia.

I learned about it a few weeks ago, after one of my teenage daughters, Maddie, spent 40...

This one blue fish kept looking at me while I was snorkeling.

Well, it wasn’t really looking at me, it was probably looking for food, but I...