According to the English psychiatrist Sue Stuart-Smith, it was no accident that we had a run on seeds at the beginning of the pandemic.We sow a first flat of seeds; we gently rake debris from a bed to make way for a winter aconite or snowdrop to poke ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.A Mother’s PowerMy 3-year-old bellows from his crib: “I want to hug ma-ah-ah-mom!” It’s 5 a.m., so I let his plea grow to full throttle before I give him a hug and set him on the ...
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Creative professionals have been cut off from Western clients and from the products and services they use to make, market and get paid for their work.In a call from his car on Sunday, a photographer from Moscow explained why he was driving to Tbilisi, Georgia, having left his ...
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Five ways to soothe a mind overstimulated by anxiety, stress and streams of information.Coronavirus cases are receding across the United States, and face masks are coming off. Little green shoots are finally poking through the earth, signaling the arrival of warmer weather. The pandemic has not been declared ...
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Five ways to soothe a mind overstimulated by anxiety, stress and streams of information.Coronavirus cases are receding across the United States, and face masks are coming off. Little green shoots are finally poking through the earth, signaling the arrival of warmer weather. The pandemic has not been declared ...
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She turned a cactus-derived face mask into a multimillion-dollar beauty business. Her husband, the actor Ernest Borgnine, gave it a surprise assist.Tova Borgnine, the Norwegian-born cosmetics entrepreneur and home-shopping star who was known not just for selling beauty products but also for being the fifth wife and most ...
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Summertime Gallery is redefining what outsider means, one art show at a time.Sophia Cosmadopoulos and Anna Schechter, who run Summertime Gallery in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, don’t write the press materials for their exhibitions. And when the women organize a show, they exercise little influence over the artwork on ...
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Summertime Gallery is redefining what outsider means, one art show at a time.Sophia Cosmadopoulos and Anna Schechter, who run Summertime Gallery in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, don’t write the press materials for their exhibitions. And when the women organize a show, they exercise little influence over the artwork on ...
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Guests included Tommy Hilfiger, Sylvester Stallone and Christina Aguilera.The AIDS charity group amfAR usually holds a gala during New York Fashion Week in February, but that was shelved because of the Omicron variant. So when art collectors John and Amy Phelan offered to host a fund-raiser at their ...
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Guests included Tommy Hilfiger, Sylvester Stallone and Christina Aguilera.The AIDS charity group amfAR usually holds a gala during New York Fashion Week in February, but that was shelved because of the Omicron variant. So when art collectors John and Amy Phelan offered to host a fund-raiser at their ...
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Q: Are there any proven treatments for low libido in women?“Proven” is a strong word — and one that makes scientists squeamish. But it is safe to say that there is “very strong evidence” for increasing sexual desire through certain types of psychological interventions like cognitive behavioral therapy ...
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The former child actor, who stars in the creepy drama “Servant,” shops at Moscot.Rupert Grint covered his left eye with his hand and attempted to read the top few lines. “E, D, F, C, E, F,” he said slowly.“Close!” said Marilyn Blumengold, a sales associate at Moscot, the ...
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And soon after, I told both of my parents who I really am.After I came home from the hospital, my mother and father took turns sitting on my bed every night to make sure I was still breathing. My mother would rest her head on my chest and ...
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She was one of the cable channel’s early stars, covering designers, models and trends in a weekly show that brought the industry to a mass television audience.Elsa Klensch, who for two decades produced and hosted the fashion news program “Style With Elsa Klensch” on CNN, becoming one of ...
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