Advice from the Trenches: Internet Stalker
Dear C, My 19 year old daughter isn’t really into school. She sees no reason for it and is attending only because I made it a condition of staying home rent free. Recently, through her online social...
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Alt-Health: The Power of the Mind
Illness never just affects our bodies; our minds are sucked down into the spiraling vortex too. Moods seem to darken when a health crisis is brewing. In fact, one of the symptoms of a heart attack is...
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Not a Residence, but a State of Mind
Living in little Rhody isn’t just about residency, it’s a mind state — a long, convoluted path of weird and cool chill spots and a ton of brand loyalty. If you’re new, you have a lot to learn, and if...
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Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery Lives History
Phil DeMaria was standing guard over an army camp one night, talking with the other guard on duty, watching over a trench full of men, some asleep, some awake. The moon was shining down; the camp was...
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Lost (and Found) Providence: Four Houses That Tell the Story of Urban...
David Brussat, the former architecture critic for The Providence Journal, published a book called Lost Providence two days before I filed this draft. There’s nothing original about Brussat’s title –...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: Macrobiotic Woes
Dear C, Right now, I feel like a swallowed a balloon. My pants are so tight I can barely zip them shut. Nothing seems to help. I’ve seen a doctor, but nothing shows up on the tests, and all he did is...
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Alt-Health: Healthy at Every Size?
Healthy at Every Size is a movement with a message that is changing the way we see ourselves: Women don’t have to have to starve themselves to squeeze into the ‘fit body’ image anymore. If you are...
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It’s Time to Run … for Office
It’s 2018. You open the news notification on your phone to find President Trump has announced on Twitter that he’s persecuting millennials found to be killing traditional industries, the pothole in...
View ArticleThis Isn’t Your Father’s Classroom: Technology in Education
In a week that had the Red Sox and Yankees fined for Apple Watches and clandestine dugout cell phones, it’s a reminder that even a stalwart like our national pastime isn’t immune from the infiltration...
View ArticleWe Deliver: Bringing The World to Your Dorm-step
You haven’t had dinner … or started that essay due tomorrow. You’ve sweat through another bundle of gym clothes – the more to add to your aromatic heap of dirty laundry. It’s happened to the best of...
View ArticleSubstance-Free Unwinding
The academic year is just starting and that means the stress is on. Lots of students unwind with alcohol or smoking weed, but both those things cost money – and if those are the only coping methods...
View ArticleSurvival of the Fall Semester
“Oh fall semester, we meet again. Far too many times have we faced off. I, still beaming with the glow of whimsy from summer vacation, welcoming you into my life with the promise of the nourishing...
View ArticleThe Lessons That They Need
It happens during my last class of the day: A seventh grader raises her hand and asks, “It’s a bad thing if you want to date more than one person, right?” The task I’d assigned my students was supposed...
View ArticleCamp No Counselors: You Just Might Have the Time of Your Life…
I never attended summer camp as a kid, but I’ve seen Meatballs and Dirty Dancing enough times to know that I probably would have loved it. Bugs and uncomfortable beds aside, the idea of meeting people...
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Advice from the Trenches: Bye, Kitty … and Sandy
Dear C; I just buried my poor old cat after caring for her while she was sick. It was a difficult time, because I couldn’t get any clear answers. The cat began having strokes and was not in good shape,...
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Tammy Laforest: Mx. Bisexual RI 2017
Tammy Laforest [See Tammy Laforest as our pin-up: http://motifri.com/pin-up-tammy-laforest-mx-bisexual-2017/] “It’s a gender-neutral word: it could mean genderless, it could mean girl, it could mean...
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Not So Great Gatsby: Manton Avenue Project Gala
Dear Nick, As you may know, there are many great RI organizations that are near and dear to my heart. I met Daisy at the PPS Bash, we attend the Farm Fresh Event at Castle Hill every year, and Newport...
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Advice from the Trenches: Maybe Mozart?
Dear C, I graduated from high school and went to a local college for a year, but all I am really interested in is music. So I left school and now I am working at a grocery store and I spend the rest of...
View ArticleFall Drinking Games
Whether you are gearing up for Halloween or you are just hanging with your friends, soothe the burn of the first few weeks of fall being so hot with some cool drinks and a lack of inhibitions. Hocus...
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