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Birthdays and the Mom Gift

To say that my mother made a big deal out of birthdays would be an understatement. Every year for my birthday, she’d put together an enormous feast — homemade meatballs, a roasted turkey, cold cuts, potato salad, a watermelon boat filled with fresh fruit and at least two kinds of cake — all for the…

40 Days Q&A: Running

This is the third Q&A of the 40 Days series, with fitness and nutrition having gone live earlier in the month. Today’s theme: running. You said that you changed your running technique. What does that mean? I’d spent eight months with a recurring injury, and everything that is traditionally advised for this kind of tendonitis…

Traveling Light

I am one of those people who can pack for any trip — business or pleasure — in a rollaboard suitcase and a personal bag that can fit beneath the seat in front of me. A week-long trade show requiring suits? No problem. Two weeks in Europe? Easy. I have the skills. Let me tell…