Throughout November, landmarks around the world will be lighting up orange to raise awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Nearly 80 landmarks will be illuminated across the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K. in honor of COPD Awareness month, according to the COPD Foundation, which…

I’ve cooked macaroni and cheese for most of my life, and for much of that time, I boiled the pasta in plain water because that’s just how folks did it. It was one of those handed‑down habits — like snapping beans on the porch or keeping a dishpan under the…

For years, I planned my mornings the way a conductor plans a train schedule — tight, tidy, and divided into neat 30‑minute blocks. 8-8:30 a.m.: Rid up. 8:30-9 a.m.: Vacuum the living room, dining room, kitchen, and pantry. 9-9:30 a.m.: Tackle whatever needed to be done next. It worked because…

There are nights, especially as we get older, when sleep feels less like a deep lake and more like the shallow end of a creek — the place where you lie back, but your ears stay above water, catching every ripple and rustle around you. You drift, but you don’t…

Anyone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) knows that getting started can be the hardest part of the day. There’s a kind of friction — physical, mental, emotional — that makes the first steps feel heavier than they used to. Routines reduce that friction. When a sequence becomes familiar,…