Category: Lifestyle

For many career lawyers, poetry isn’t simply a weekend hobby; it’s a second calling. For many poets of the past, playing the bard has often been something of a sideline. Fourteenth-century griots of the Mali Empire were not just poets but also musicians, as well as counselors of warrior kings. Celtic poets were also image […]

mosimage} While most graffiti artists search for high-tech paints to make their tags stand out forever, some are borrowing tools from Mother Nature to make a greener mark, using biodegradable markers and living materials. { From a distance, it seems like a little bunny in silhouette, its ears perked in unison, or a turkey with […]

Innovators in the death-care industry have been busy dreaming up new ideas for memorials, converting cremation ashes into drinking glasses, pencil boxes, even coral reefs. Alice Stedronsky spent most of her life in Chicago, but she wanted her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near Reddington Shores, Fla., where she’d lived for a time […]

All-female extreme adventure camps and clinics are gaining in popularity. Women who might not otherwise sign up to learn high-altitude mountaineering, ice climbing, or rock climbing, find a comfort zone where there are “no boys allowed.” Inga Mader was not feeling like an ice goddess. Twenty feet in the air, she clung, spread-eagle, to a […]

As nude recreation grows in popularity, weddings sans clothes are also gaining steam, in private clubs, on cruise ships and in any available open field. On a sunny, August day in the Berkshire Mountains, 600 guests stood waiting to witness Pamela and Lee tie the knot. But as the bride walked down the aisle, no […]

Tom Hanks did it in Cast Away when he called a volleyball “Wilson.” Now a new study says that people who humanize their iPods, BlackBerrys and laptops may also be longing for companionship. Moments after Whitney Bennett purchased a new laptop, she walked along on 14th Street in Manhattan hugging it to her chest. She […]

Some experts are blaming birth control for water contamination. But should women dump their pills just yet? Wherever possible, Tina Casale switches to compact fluorescent light bulbs; she also recycles daily, rides in carpools or walks when she can, and, as a third-grade teacher, has made it a priority to ensure that global warming is […]

Some pet fanciers out there would rather cuddle up in bed with a skunk than a cat or dog. But trying to get a skunk is a challenge, and in some states, it’s getting harder. People do a double-take when Sherry DeMarchi pushes her pet, Ozzie, down her Jamesburg, N.J., street in his enclosed kitty […]