By Refresh Editors Welcome to that odd stretch of the year after the holiday season where either freezing temperatures or the lack of celebratory occasions are liable to make the days feel dull. This particular passage can be hard to navigate, but I’ve often thought of it as a very interior season: a time past the bluster of New Year’s Resolutions and before the year is old enough to reminisce on. It’s a good time to dive into some personal…
by: Greer Macallister Finding the right gift to give can be a challenge, and sometimes even if you’ve narrowed it down to a category, the exact right choice within that category can be unclear. Take, for example, books. If you have readers in your family or friend circle, you know they’ll appreciate a book, but how do you choose which one to give? You may or may not have a chance to check their shelves, and asking directly about their…
by: The Refresh Editors It’s that time of year when you might be looking for gifts for your literary friends or excellent material to read or watch in front of a real or imagined fireplace. Well, reader (or listener or viewer), our community of talented writers are here with suggestions for you. We asked the authors who participated in our Author to Author interview series to give us a recommendation for someone else’s book that they love and a recommendation…
By: The Refresh Editors If you’ve ever gotten one of our email newsletters or glimpsed our Twitter feed, you’ll have gathered that we at The Refresh are animal lovers. Lauren has written with love about her cat, Jelli, and Andrea’s starting the journey to fur-parent-dom with visits to animal shelters and cat cafes. We purr with delight whenever a pitch about pets hits our inbox. (By the way, if you’ve got one, sent it to rfrshmail (at) gmail (dot) com. Although this list is…
by: The Refresh Editors Have you ever rolled your eyes at the health coverage you see in magazines or online? If you’re tired of reading cheery listicles of health tips that don’t take chronic illness into account, or paeans to the latest trendy diet, TheRefresh is here for you with pieces that explore not just how to stay well, but how to live a full, rich life even as you face health challenges, and that honor the personal experiences of…