by Patricia Jonik Stein The commotion on the New York City street fascinated and perplexed me. There was a bevy of women circling a flame-filled green metal municipal waste can. Some were holding hands with eyes on one another while others looked pensively at the few police officers standing nearby. My friend grabbed my arm and guided me toward the intersection where we would cross over to visit one of the museums that she had on her list. “Do you…
by Megan Kanipe
by Tana Tymesen If you haven’t yet been told you HAVE TO go hygge by a national publication, what in the world are you reading? Hygge is a Danish word — and concept — that the U.S. and U.K. have transliterated and condensed to mean “cozy,” and are adopting at breakneck pace to help guide us all through the winter doldrums. Many pieces written on the craze simplify its pronunciation to “hoo-gah” but to my ear it sounds closer to…
What happens when two strangers in different career fields interview each other about the work they do? Let’s find out. Mindy Noland is a Teacher of the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing. Tina Ortiz is a Medical Assistant. Mindy Interviews Tina Mindy Noland: What area of medicine do you work in? Tina Ortiz: I work for a Federally Qualified Health Center and perform Clinical duties as a Registered Medical Assistant. I primarily work in Pediatrics and on occasion, Family Practice. MN: What is a…
by Karis Rogerson Kraft Dinner macaroni and cheese was the height of cuisine to my childish mind: the teeny tiny pasta pieces that are nearly impossible to stab with a fork, the powdered cheese that mixes perfectly with milk and butter to make a scrumptious sauce and the pure, unadulterated plasticity of it all. I was obsessed. I was the world’s greatest Kraft Dinner evangelist. I told everyone about my passion for the food, eyes alight and cheeks glowing with excitement….