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Generations: The Nattering Nabobs Of Modern Technology

February 13, 2026

It was more than a decade ago when I asked a colleague about the story behind her funny-looking watch. “It’s a Fitbit. It keeps…

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Generations: The Relationship Between Practical and Emotional

February 7, 2026

New dog, new car. In this house, there have been more dogs than cars, but still, after years of side-by-side ownership, I feel qualified to offer a comparative view. It might be of interest to the automotive industry, or at least to…

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Generations: Finding Confidence in the Face of Aging

January 29, 2026

“What are your concerns about your face?” I’m in Katie O’Brien’s brightly lit office at Renascence Aesthetic Dermatology on Belmont Street. Katie is down-to-earth and welcoming, but I still feel nervous and exposed. I have a lot of concerns about my face,…

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Generations: When the Future Feels Heavy

January 24, 2026

Most of the conversations I have with my friends go a little something like this. We talk about some classes and our weekend plans, and then, slowly, the infamous question appears: “So, what do you want to do?” It’s the question that…

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Generations: Streaming Services Shift Asian Narrative

January 16, 2026

For a long time, Asian characters in Western media were easy to predict. They were often side characters, defined by accents, martial arts skills, or other one-dimensional stereotypes. Rarely were they the center of the story. That started to change when COVID-19…

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Ask Lisa: What To Know About Opioids Following Dental Surgery

January 12, 2026

How likely is it that brief pain medication use will trigger drug addiction? That’s the question behind a parent’s concerns: My 19-year-old son is home on break from college and will have four impacted wisdom teeth removed next week. I am worried…

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Generations: A Bouquet to the Unshakeable Grace of Belmont’s Librarians

January 5, 2026

Let me speed up the point of this essay, which will save you time in your harried and purposeful days. This is a bouquet to the Belmont librarians. It’s a funny kind of relationship between a reader and a librarian. I know…

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Generations: Resolving to Say ‘Yes’

January 2, 2026

I have the same New Year’s resolution every year. It’s not the classic, and likely most broken, resolution to “Go to the gym more.” It’s not “Save more money” or “Cut down on phone time,” though either of those would likely do…

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Garden Gems: What’s Old is Renewed

January 2, 2026

Knowing that success begins with their soil, many avid gardeners continually seek to improve it. Some of us go so far as to collect our vegetable scraps and lawn clippings (greens) in a backyard compost bin, mix with fall leaves and the…

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Generations: Have Yourself a Messy Little Christmas

December 19, 2025

I categorize past Christmases by their last-minute disasters. There was the one where we all had COVID. The one where it was just me who had COVID. There was the year I could only find the Star Wars cookie cutters, so we…

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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…

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