3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (379+ words) I did this again a few years later, in 2020," when I was ready to add to my flock. My chicks " all females of different breeds and colors " arrived healthy and on time. Yet since that last order, I've come to…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (1841+ words) There's an old Spanish saying: "Las mentiras tienen las patas cortas." Translated to English, it means "lies have short legs." In other words, falsehoods and fibs can't get far without being caught! As we'll hear in today's tale, sometimes lies…...

19+ hour, 19+ min ago  (59+ words) WBUR Host Peter O'Dowd talks with the founder of the National Baseball Poetry Festival, Steven Biondolillo, and one of this year's winning poets, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, about the bittersweet emotions they feel while celebrating America's pastime as a fan or as…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1832+ words) The Republican Party has a highly sophisticated online and social media operation. Meanwhile Democrats focus on their traditional political talking points. Could the Dems take a page out of the GOP's messaging playbook? Democratic influencer Emily Amick sure thinks so....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (35+ words) The Jackpod: Blue money blues WBUR On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has questions about how money is being raised for the Democratic National Committee and Democratic candidates and how that money is being spent....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1260+ words) Doctors spend years becoming experts in how the body works, how it can break down and how to recognize and treat various illnesses. Their training rarely involves what's known as "nature-based medicine." Dr. Susan Abookire has made it her mission…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (417+ words) For more than two decades, I've lived with two autoimmune diseases: multiple sclerosis (MS) and autoimmune thyroiditis. And I'm not alone. A recent study by the Mayo Clinic estimated that about 15 million Americans (around 4. 6% of the population) have at least…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (184+ words) Ethan Gilsdorf's relationship with his stepmother was rocky at first, but it isn't anymore. "Although it has taken decades for me to realize this " my 30s, 40s and most of my 50s " Susan never went anywhere," he writes. As other maternal and paternal…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (200+ words) Whether a mother-child relationship is healthy and attached, or difficult and estranged, vibrant, bound by grief, or somewhere in between, as certain as the day is long: mothers and motherhood is good fodder for the page, and not just for…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (301+ words) Saturday is Somerville Porchfest, the first of nearly 40 Porchfests coming to cities and towns across Massachusetts. The roaming, community-oriented music festival " which traces its roots back to Ithaca, New York " has spawned iterations from Wellfleet to Shelburne Falls since its…...