Valentine’s Day is over-promoted, Halloween is everywhere, and Christmas is a spectacle you can’t avoid, yet there’s one holiday that’s always overlooked: Thanksgiving. However, I’ve always been quite fond of the holiday. The idea of setting aside time to be in the moment and reflect ...

Climate change is scary. It’s easy to be discouraged when you look at the headlines and see extreme weather events all over the world. Ice storms in Texas. Wildfires in Canada. Heat waves in the Mediterranean. Even right here in the Adirondacks we are seeing climate problems. Not long ago, ...

Imagine you’re walking alone down a side street, beginning to sweat, feeling slightly anxious. Your mind begins to wander. A flash of silver, quick movements, and a knife is at your throat, a rough man in front of you now, threatening your life. But wait — this would never happen in ...