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Violets are festive, edible and medicinal too. They can turn a plate of cupcakes into a showstopper.
Violets are festive, edible and medicinal too. They can turn a plate of cupcakes into a showstopper. ( Becca Tucker)

The cupcake topper

Each day, yet another flower unfolds. In numbers, festive violets appear in purple and white, even in yellow, dappling our...

Wild Food
03 Mar 2020 | 12:36
2019 Green Schools

2019 Green Schools

41% said they either had or anticipated putting in a rain garden or rain barrels....

Stories
07 Aug 2019 | 12:51
On my regular morning walk to Cascade Lake a few years ago, I came upon a timber rattlesnake.
"On my regular morning walk to Cascade Lake a few years ago, I came upon a timber rattlesnake." ( Chris Wyman)

Rattled: Untangling a lifelong dread of snakes

O you who goes on his belly, your strength belongs to your mountain. But watch me as I go off with your strength in my hand!—Egyptian...

Stories
08 Aug 2019 | 03:27
George Lightcap
George Lightcap

Every day is a Saturday

George Lightcap never intended to be a teacher. With a degree in speech and theater and a want-ad in hand, Lightcap walked...

Stories
07 Aug 2019 | 05:35
Music Lessons

Music Lessons

I am 37 and learning to play the guitar. I began to learn in college, but I only ever learned how to play Mr. Tambourine...

Stories
07 Aug 2019 | 05:17
The leave no trace haircut

The leave no trace haircut

A new kind of salon tackles the beauty industry’s garbage problemBy Becca TuckerIt was the exposed brick that sold...

Stories
01 Jul 2019 | 04:14

New York’s weedbasket?

Inside a hemp greenhouse, it smells like the futureBy Becca TuckerPhotos by Rusty TagliareniOn a Friday morning, I walked...

Stories
01 May 2019 | 12:51

Fasting like Gandhi

One man’s experiment in not eating for three weeksBy Orion Russell Blake170 pounds. I reached this weight a few years...

Stories
01 May 2019 | 12:17

Cora’s belly birth

When life gives you a breech baby, cultivating a positive mindset can make a C-section a sacred experience, tooBy Emma Frisch“No...

Stories
04 Mar 2019 | 02:07

The O.G. of animal activism

Protesting New Jersey’s black bear hunt, a professor, 75, spends his winter break in jail — againBy Becca TuckerBill...

Stories
28 Feb 2019 | 01:50
Locally grown meets high tech

Locally grown meets high tech

Aquaponics start-ups cultivate protein, greens and a chemical-free food systemBy Alyssa ReavesThe greenhouse at Growing Free...

Stories
03 Jan 2019 | 12:19
An old tree dies, or does it?

An old tree dies, or does it?

Stories
02 Jan 2019 | 02:03
Jungian guacamole

Jungian guacamole

What to do when you sell your business but you’re too young to retire? This 52-year-old gets into grad school, adopts...

Stories
26 Nov 2018 | 09:56
Meet Johnny Appleseed*

Meet Johnny Appleseed*

A love affair with the rare, odd, ugly and wildBy Becca TuckerPhotos by Michael BloomMartin Bernstein pulls into his rutted...

Stories
07 Sep 2018 | 10:17
A first kill

A first kill

After meeting once, two women embark on a singular road tripBy Laura Wood and Adeeb MohiuddinPQ: I now hold this truth to...

Stories
30 Aug 2018 | 02:20
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