Heather McIlvaine-Newsad
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To say that 2020 has been a stressful year is an understatement. The coronavirus pandemic, racial unrest, and a contentious presidential election have…
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I have long been a fan of Brandon Stanton and his blog Humans of New York. After he was fired from his job in Chicago as a bond trader, he moved to New…
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The onset of a new semester generally greets me with a combination of excitement and dread. This semester however, has been a bit different, in that…
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For the last two Saturdays, my daughter Maren and I have joined a small group of returned Peace Corps volunteers and friends from Macomb to help Genesis…
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In The Botany of Desire Michael Pollan wrote, "With the solitary exception of the Eskimos, there isn't a people on Earth who doesn't use psychoactive…
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This winter marks the final swim season for my Maren as a member of the YMCA of McDonough County Dolphins. She was just five when she started swimming and…
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Ringing in the New Year and attempting to make positive changes in how we live seems to go hand in hand. According to historians, 4,000 years ago ancient…
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Every month I look forward to the new issue of "The Sun" magazine[1]. I always start on the very last page, diving into a section called the Sunbeams.…
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Winter came early this year ushering in the end of the summer gardening season. Tomatoes, herbs, and flowers vanished beneath the snow and won't reemerge…
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Science doesn't care if we believe in it or not. From shrinking glaciers, to open water in the arctic, to trees flowering earlier than normal, the climate…