That herby smell mixed into his fur is one of my favorite smells. I travelled to Eastern Europe just after the Berlin wall fell. I was thrown back to my childhood in 70’s Paris. The Trabants, Yugos, ...

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Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I live in the mountains with my husband, daughter, and dog, and I find joy in every season ...

When asked if I was interested in reviewing a picture book about the making of the atomic bomb, I told the publicist that a lot was going to depend on how the book ended. I had seen some of the ...

Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. My name is Ander Garcia, I am a materials scientist working on research and based in the Basque ...

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Despite my status as a should-be travel expert, I still get tripped up sometimes, like getting hit with a fee on top of a fee on my backup PayPal debit card in Panama this month. Besides the regular ...

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