Last month, I was on a long-awaited FaceTime catch-up with my friends Mary and Laura. We’re all writers and parents of small children, so we spend a lot of time gossiping about our kids and the books we’re reading.… Read more

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Today, we’re excited to kick off a new food series: one ingredient, three ways. And we’re starting with a good one, y’all: the mighty chickpea. It’s flexible, it’s filling, and it’s almost always knocking around the back of the cabinet, waiting to be transformed into a killer stew or open-faced sandwich or a show-stopping party dip.… Read more

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What’s on your summer checklist? I’m excited for lazy weekends with no plans other than listening out for the ice-cream truck. Here are 10 chill things the boys and I are looking forward to…

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“There was no big aha moment,” says Elaina Jindra, a public school dean who lives in a 350-square-foot yurt with her husband, Zach, in rural northern Wisconsin.… Read more

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The other day, I found myself in a highly unusual predicament: It was 12 p.m. on a Friday, and I was staring down the barrel of an hour of free time.… Read more

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What are you up to this weekend? My friend is throwing his 50th birthday party in a garden, and I’m planning to wear this floral dress or striped dress.… Read more

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