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Have you noticed a new pattern emerging in those “where you are from” conversations?
The shift was slow at first, only for it to take on hyperspeed since the pandemic began. …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/16/24
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The emergency room practitioner needed to share just two words for the stress sitting at the base of my skull to start thrusting its elbows outward in both directions, pushing to take over control of …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/9/24
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re standing in line somewhere.
Perhaps it’s the post office, or maybe it’s the grocery store. Or possibly you’re standing in the …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/2/24
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Growing up, most of us learn that the keys to doing well and advancing in a job are working hard and keeping your nose clean.
It’s true ... mostly.
Here’s what …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/26/24
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You’re going to be terrified of your kid doing the sorts of things at 18 (almost 19) that you once did quite easily at 17.
This is one of the (many) things I’ve learned during …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/19/24
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If you caught the front page of the Democrat last week, you already know the news for parents seeking childcare in our county is bleak.
The Hudson Valley as a whole has seen a 27 percent …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/12/24
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Have you ever driven by a house and wondered if it still looks the same inside as it did when you were 15? It can’t just be me.
There’s a fairly common movie plot point that …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/5/24
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I am a journalist who has had to write about suicide-related deaths.
I am also a person who deeply loves a person who died by suicide.
I tell you both of these things to make …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/27/24
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I’m not sure when, exactly, I started counting down the days until my child would graduate from school.
Was it on December 14, 2012, as I held tight to my second grader during our …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/6/24
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Seated on the examination table at my doctor’s office, I was trying to do the math in my head.
If my daughter was 7 or 8 when my new physician’s assistant spent summers as my …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/16/24
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Four thousand steps.
That’s how many we’re supposed to take daily if we want to reduce our risk of dying, at least according to the largest study to date on the topic. …
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Jeanne Sager
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1/9/24
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There are plenty of groups you can split humanity into cleanly — the “toilet paper over” people vs. the “toilet paper under” people, the ones who would load the salsa …
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Jeanne Sager
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12/19/23
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