10 Questions to Help You Plan for the End of Life

10 Questions to Help You Plan for the End of Life

Talking about death doesn’t have to be morbid. If you approach the conversation the right way, “it makes us more awake to our lives,” says Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End Well, a nonprofit that aims to change the way people talk about and plan for the end of life. “When we avoid this discussion,…

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Battling Dry Eyes? Here’s What Actually Helps

Battling Dry Eyes? Here’s What Actually Helps

Last October, when Talia Rotenberg was traveling to Europe, her eyes became bloodshot, watery, and painful—the same feeling she would expect if she had a torn contact lens in her eye. She was baffled, but assumed the unfamiliar environment might be triggering some sort of allergy. When she got back home to Los Angeles, however,…

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Shaping Air and Space: Ruth Asawa at SFMOMA

Shaping Air and Space: Ruth Asawa at SFMOMA

Ruth Asawa, Aoki, from 1965. Photo: Brian Karl for Observer Like facing the still tableau of a vast aquarium, or flashing on a silent scene in a science fiction film starring elegant alien lifeforms, viewers entering “Ruth Asawa: Retrospective” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are confronted with a series of striking, uncanny…

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Cape May Is the Ultimate Summer Escape for Seaside Charm and Nostalgia

Cape May Is the Ultimate Summer Escape for Seaside Charm and Nostalgia

For many people who grew up in the mid-aughts, the Jersey Shore conjures images of rowdy nightlife and overly orange tans. But pegging an entire destination—especially one that spans 130 miles of Atlantic coastline and 40 different towns—to an infamous MTV reality TV show doesn’t do justice to the sun-soaked charms of a beloved region…

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How Major League Soccer is helping keep Austin clean

How Major League Soccer is helping keep Austin clean

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Major League Soccer fans, all-star guests and local volunteers gathered on Saturday to clean and restore the trails and shoreline of Lady Bird Lake. Approximately 300 people gathered to help clean and restore 5.2 million square feet of water and trail, in partnership with Keeping Austin Beautiful, The Trail Conservancy and TreeFolks.…

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Austin's Office of Police Oversight debuts first-ever open house

Austin's Office of Police Oversight debuts first-ever open house

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Saturday, the Austin Office of Police Oversight organized its first-ever open house for the community at the Austin Central Library. The OPO open house provided attendees with an insight into how citizen complaints and compliments are submitted, reviewed and analyzed, as well as how data, research and feedback are implemented. Gail…

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