Today we’ll be talking about an iconic summer fruit: watermelon. As temperatures rise, these large, juicy fruits are flooding the…
Stories
Brittle or fragile nails: what your body is trying to tell you
Brittle or fragile nails: what your body is trying to tell you We almost never notice them… until they start…
Seventy-two Year Old Helen Reclaimed Her Life Using a Green Metal Key
Mark coughed, a deep and rattling sound that seemed to shake the small kitchen table. He reached up to rub…
The lawyer’s voice cut through the silence like a blade.
The lawyer’s voice cut through the silence like a blade. “Emily Carter executed this will three weeks before her death.…
While stopping to assist a girl with a flat tire late at night, I was shocked by something I discovered inside her car's trunk. With its hazards blinking weakly in the dark, a white sedan was sitting on the shoulder of Highway 42 when I spotted it at 11 PM. My initial plan was to ride right past, considering the late hour, my fatigue, and the forty miles remaining on my journey home. As I rode by, however, she suddenly appeared in my headlight. Clutching a tire iron, a tee…
The white sedan sat tilted on the muddy shoulder of Highway Forty-Two with its headlights dead. In the beam of…
Arthur Restores an Old Desk and Uncovers a Shifting Story
A drop of rusty water had seeped through the workshop roof overnight, landing directly on the lid of my thirty-five…
Red Strawberry Ice Cream in a Blue Bowl on Sunday Afternoon
The blue ceramic bowl had a hairline crack running down the side, thin as a thread. Clara stood by…
A natural remedy: Use guava leaves to treat eye problems, improve vision, and relieve pain and eye strain—especially as you age or after a long
Have your eyes ever felt dry, tired, itchy, or irritated after spending hours looking at a computer, phone, or television…
Two Friends Found Moving Specks in an Organic Salad at Bistro Twenty
The premium increase was printed in red ink, three hundred and eighty-four dollars a month, which was forty dollars more…
The grandson pushed his grandmother into the lake, knowing full well that she couldn’t swim and was afraid of water, just for fun: relatives stood
The grandson pushed his grandmother into the lake, fully aware that she couldn’t swim and was terrified of water, just…