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by Elaine Gallagher -  My husband had left. I had been to see a lawyer and suddenly I felt exhausted and scared. I was alone with a five year old and a two year old in a city with no family nearby. The phone call to my mother wasn't much help: "Of all the kids [...]

by Jesse Hoth | photos by Scottee Giles -  According to new research by neuroscientists, creativity uses your entire brain – the “default network” or “imagination network” allows us to discover meaning within our experiences, understand stories and other perspectives, and reflect on the emotions of both ourselves and others. The many facets that contribute

by Stephanie Staples | photos by Carolyn Cousins -  "We don't need a guide!" "Ummm, maybe you don't need a guide, but I need a guide!" And so the conversation went with my friend Carolyn, the president of the Peninsula Newcomers Club; she wanted to do the West Coast Trail and so did I; she