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Generations: When A Scream is More Than A Scream

December 15, 2025
The generation above mine worked long and earnestly for years to overcome gender stereotypes. Through effort and perseverance, keen leadership and insistence, the idea that all women had to be tiny-waisted, home-tidying, husband-seeking and spider-fearing was tossed into a historical fire. It…

Garden Gems: Gifts for Gardeners

December 11, 2025
They say that you should give what you would like to receive. With that in mind, and knowing my husband reads this column, I am going to recommend a few things I would like to receive and a few tried-and-true gifts. For…

Generations: When Can Teens Say No to Adults?

December 3, 2025
At the beginning of the school year, I learned something surprising: over the summer, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill that would ban cell phones in schools statewide. (The House has yet to pass it.) In Belmont, we already have a policy…

Ask Lisa: Guidance on Weight Gain

December 1, 2025
Ask Lisa: Guidance on Weight Gain This month’s column addresses a challenging issue. A parent writes: My daughter, a recent college graduate, has put on a lot of weight (upwards of 50 pounds) over the last several years. I realize this is…

Generations: My First Real Thanksgiving in America

November 21, 2025
Thanksgiving has always been one of those holidays I understood more in theory than in practice. My family never made a big deal out of it, partly because it never seemed worth the effort to prepare a full feast for just the…

Generations: What Mom Wants V. What Mom Needs

November 3, 2025
When you’re a mom, it feels natural to put others’ needs first. Of course, you get up every two hours to feed the baby, even though you’re deliriously tired. Naturally, this segues into letting the hungry toddler eat your snack and letting…

Generations: There is No Poem Like A New England Autumn

November 3, 2025
Here’s one conclusion of a dedicated non-traveler (also, the conclusion of Dorothy from Kansas): it takes travel to know what treasure waits at home. In this particular case, travel involved a three-week trip through the Southwest, comprising 12 hiking stops in the…

Ask Lisa: Supporting a Grieving College Roommate

October 27, 2025
How should a college freshman balance the many joys of a new collegiate experience with the sadness of a roommate grieving the loss of a loved one? A father reached out: “My son is a college freshman. He seems to be adjusting…

Garden Gems: Rats in the Radishes

October 20, 2025
Catching sight of a scurrying rat when you are heading out to weed the dahlias or gather tomatoes is one of the most unsettling things that can happen in the garden. The most stalwart gardener may reach for the phone to call…
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