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  We often forget how fortunate we are to have this amazing planet to live on. In 2020, we celebrated the fiftieth earth day, so here are 50 ideas to make our planet healthier. We encourage you to try at least one of them.   Thank you for being on the planet with us! Stare at the clouds moving around in the sky, and wonder where they have been. Go to water.org and learn about clean water efforts Visit your local zoo’s website and read the last three articles. Think about something you can reuse, instead of recycling. Take a...

Mrs. Bhat’s Kashmiri Fish Dinner Illustration by Pedro Gomes Mrs. Bhat looked at her reflection in the narrow mirror that was speckled with age.  She smoothed her tight, off-white, crinkly shirt printed with tiny yellow daffodils. It dirties so easily, she thought, sighing. She thought of her son. The soft fuzz on his upper lip kept getting thicker. He was all of 14, not little anymore. He had not reached his aunt’s home yet.  Mrs. Bhat was worried the Indian soldiers must have stopped him. He had taken off on his new bike. Mr. Bhat was so wrong to get him the...

(Daniel Gould)Unpacking my bike on Halstead’s Market Hill and looking down the road, I almost di a double take. “Wow, that is a lot steeper than I expected, that’s a proper hill. Must have really stung the legs.” From 1964, this testing little ramp through the heart of town was the finishing straight of one of […] #GeneralNews #News