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Learning to Live in an Upended World: The Fashionable Side of Masks
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Learning to Live in an Upended World: The Fashionable Side of Masks

Transforming one’s face seems to be a primal impulse, practiced throughout history by every culture on earth. Ancient people used mud, wood, bone, feathers, and later metals to transform their visages or simply applied pigments to become someone else. Makeup is arguably another form of disguise, as powerful as wearing a face cover.

Your Amazing Immune System
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Your Amazing Immune System

In our “new normal” world, we hear about antibodies, vaccines, and immunity almost every day, and if you’ve never studied immunology, all of this can be very confusing. Immune systems are complicated, and everyone is different, but anyone can understand the basic mechanisms our bodies use to keep us safe from infections.

Ask Dr. Alan: The New Normal
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Ask Dr. Alan: The New Normal

I keep hearing about the “New Normal.” Isn’t that just a nice way of saying everything’s changing? And how good can change be when it’s happening all the time?

Tandoor and Community
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Tandoor and Community

Here is a recipe that simplifies the task of preparing authentic, mouthwatering tandoori chicken. These wonderful ingredients will permeate your kitchen with the fragrance of an exclusive Indian restaurant!

Pets of the Month (August)
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Pets of the Month (August)

Sisters Nuni and Jazmin, about 4-1/2 years old, are medium/large, sweet dogs. Nuni is the “brave” one, unafraid of strangers, likes attention and happy to go for a walk on the street.

Dear Tia Maria Sue,  I need advice on how to handle a neighbor situation
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Dear Tia Maria Sue, I need advice on how to handle a neighbor situation

I need advice on how to handle a neighbor situation. The elderly lady across the street, who has always been a little crotchety, has now utterly lost it. She prowls the neighborhood, looking for “COVID violations.” Two neighbors talking from opposite sides of the street get 10 minutes of screaming profanities because, in her mind, social distancing means not socializing at all.

I filed—now what?
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I filed—now what?

If you filed a federal (and state) tax return, congratulations! While it is an obligation to comply with the tax laws, I think that in pandemic conditions, it may be a bit of an achievement to have filed a timely tax return.