The Job Janice, a rich wayward child-woman, recently kicked out of her parents’ mansion, struggled to pay rent and to balance her priorities and necessities. Being raised in the palm of her father’s hands and cushioned at every fall proved to be a terrible way to prepare her for life. Her parents finally had had Read more…
The Long Game Molly Maguire, a 40-something researcher from Yale University’s staff of Zoological Studies, stepped off the portable staircase at Pemba Airport in northeastern Mozambique. It was the fourth airplane she’d disembarked from in the last 35 hours, having left New Haven what seemed like a week ago, and while she was extremely fatigued, Read more…
Skiing began thousands of years ago, first as a method of travel for people living in snowy areas. Early evidence suggests that skiing first appeared in parts of Russia and Scandinavia, where heavy snow made other forms of transport incredibly difficult. People there would find wooden planks and use them as early skis. Archeologists found Read more…
Myla’s Maryland American editors Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland had a mission: uncover America and all its richness, one state at a time. The project grew from a hunch and a conviction. The hunch was that for one to truly understand America, they must learn it state by state, and to acquire an accurate understanding Read more…
How Nancy became the Drew Prologue “Look Molly, I drew a picture of you – doesn’t it look just like you? Brown eyes, she has brown straight hair and wears a yellow plaid dress and has a blue bow.” Molly was my best friend for it was always a joy to look into her felt Read more…
