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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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Generations: How Ukrainian Teens Navigate The Adolescent Experience

May 10, 2025

I’ll be honest: I didn’t know precisely where Ukraine was before 2023. Although I could have identified the general area on a map, I didn’t know that it bordered Russia, and I certainly didn’t understand the long, difficult history between those countries.…

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Ask Lisa: Comparison is the Thief of Joy – Social Media Edition

April 30, 2025

A parent of a 20-something reached out to me recently with this concern: “My 27-year-old daughter has changed jobs, apartments, and partners with dizzying regularity since she graduated from college. Why? Apparently, the jobs, apartments, and partners just aren’t good enough.’ When…

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Generations: Climbing to New Heights

April 30, 2025

For years, the elevator in my doctor’s Cambridge office building carried patients safely up and down six floors. When COVID arrived, it was no longer safe. Every stranger’s breath was filled with fearful possibility, and even wearing masks, we stood too closely…

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Garden Gems: Container Gardening With Native Plants

April 28, 2025

Using native plants in containers brings a bit of nature to your doorstep. The mini-habitat you create will benefit pollinating insects seeking food and shelter. Native plants are relatively pest-free, they can live for years, and the planting process is no different…

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Generations: Starting a New Chapter

April 13, 2025

Somewhere up in my 12-year-old daughter’s bedroom, buried within the piles of stuff that tend to accumulate in a preteen’s personal space, is a copy of Terry Pratchett’s young adult novel, “The Shepherd’s Crown.” There’s a bookmark in it, about two-thirds of…

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Garden Gems: Be Gone, Garlic Mustard

April 11, 2025

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) was introduced to North America from Europe in the mid-1800s for erosion control and as an edible herb. The leaves release a tell-tale garlicky aroma when crushed. Why is it a problem? Most of the dozens of insect…

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Generations: What Lies Behind Library Walls?

April 3, 2025

Day after day after day, the new library rises with exemplary efficiency. All those who put this massive project together—on budget and on time—need a medal and a bonus in a world that usually awards neither. Watching it go up, I feel…

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From The Stacks: Explore More with Museum Passes from the Library

April 3, 2025

Building off the highlights from our February newsletter—which introduced some exciting new museum passes—we thought that with spring (almost!) in the air, now would be the perfect time to remind you of all the wonderful adventures waiting just outside your door. If…

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Generations: Why Teenagers Can’t Be ‘Just a Little’ Political

March 30, 2025

Is it possible for teens to be “not political” in today’s day and age? It feels like every news app and social media platform is constantly blasting us with information about a new federal policy, international crisis, or judicial decision with major…

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Generations: Learning to Eat the Whole Banana

March 24, 2025

I’m 11 years old, eavesdropping on my mom and my aunt from the backseat. Sometimes, they forget I’m there and say something exciting. Now, though, they’re talking about diets — SlimFast, cabbage soup, the time my aunt ate only carrots until her…

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