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I was 201, and the Great | Stewart was hooked, “When you Recession had spilled a lot of un- | give back, there is something You fortunate people onto the streets A | get return that feels much larger ‘small dog sat nthe homeless man’s | I knew I wanted to Keep doing i be lap, Stewart veterinarian at an ani. | told medium.com, smal sheltey noticed is sratched-off | — Today, Stewart, 50, has his own. fur and chewed-up skin—telltale | practice in town, yethe stl nds time signs ofan allergic reation to fleas. | for suet pets. He's helped roughly He approached the man and offered | 400 animals since 2011, mosty dogs to bing les medication forthe dog's | but also afew cats—and once a Bur- shin, agit the man readily accepted. | mese python. “Lrememberreiening 8 week and | There's dire need for his kind of ‘half later, and the halr was com- | help. About 25 percent of Modesto's ing back the rash was gone” Stewart | homeless population own a pet, but told the Modesto Bee, The man said | there ate few health-care options bis dog was finally sleeping at night | avallable to them. To ill chat void, Kz rawr sruppcn outside | agaln because I was no longer stay- 14 wuyavousr zea | eocomStewart can often be found wander leyways and underpasses, he thinks the homeless tight be camped out. He carries his medical bag, whieh contains treatments—vaecines, antibiotics, antinfammatoris flea medications, | and more—for most of the cases he ‘encounters, Sewart pays for almost | allofit out ofhis own pocket. Occasionally, he comes upon a | medical problem thet requires more attention than he can provide onthe street. For those expensive proce: ‘ures he set up a GoPundMe account ‘ohlp coverteatmentcoss “dont | ever want to have totum anybody vay? he explains, He knows there are some people who question whether the homeless should even have pets. How can they ae for them on the street? “I think “THEIR ANIMALS ARE THEIR REASON FOR GETTING UP IN ‘THE MORNING.” ‘that more than anybody, they need 3 et they deserve a pet” Stewart told the Bee. “They love thelr pet prob- ably more than the average person. 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But much of his work also in- spied happiness, capturing scenes a lightherted joy. Consider Shiner, whieh depicts a young gil wit black eye sitting outside the princi Pal’ office with a grin that tells you She as jst been the victorin combat. Thave seen these paintings my hole life starting with my grand. fathers beloved dog-eared coffeetable book of Rockwell’ greatest works. A | pining press operator in Longview, ‘Washington, my grandfather was no art connoisseur. But he gave this a sessment of Rockwell: "Thevepietures make me feel happy. | “and yet Rockell himself stragled with happiness. In 1953, he moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, bu colle town in the Berkshires —not for Its natural beauty and peace but be- cause it happened tobe the home of ‘a psychiatric hospital where he and his wife could receive treatment for cchronie depression. There he was 8 patient ofthe world-famous peyeho ‘analyst rik ron with whom Rock well racked up a therapy bl so large | athe nado accept commissions or o.com | juuvyavousr 2001 25Kellog’s Com Fakes magazine ads, ‘That a man with euch significant happiness problems would be known for painting images of undeniable happiness might seem oni. In eat isnot strange at all Research shows not only that you can bringjoy to th fers even ifyou're unhappy but also ‘hat doing so is reliable way ttm- prove your ovn well-being 10. The key sto at like a happy person ‘would even if you don ee ike ast year, researchers atthe University of (California at Riverside asked people to behave in either extroverted or ino verted ways for one week, Those who purposely acted extoverted—which ‘decades of research have shown is ‘one ofthe mor common characters: ‘es athappy people saws signet increase in wellbeing. (Meanvhile, acting ntoverted led toa decreas Similary, spending money on others and valuneering have been shown 0 raise one's own happiness levels. One plausible explanation is that protocal behavorsinducea cognitive Alissonance—t feel unhappy, but Tam tcing happy'—which people resolve subconsclousy by feeling hepplet. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Herordshie, nthe United Kingdoms calls this the As If Principle Ifyou want to feel acer tain way, actasifyou already do and your brain will gant you that feeling atleast for a while. In common pat: lance, “Fake iil you make I Tam not stggesting that “Fake it Ull you make its a substitute for ‘traditional medical weatment fr de pression, of couse. Rockwell was in formal therapy mos of his adult ie ‘But his happy paintings were clearly part of his weatment. As Rockwell biographer Deborah Solomon pa ont, He war painting. hislonging” ven if not literally, you can use the Rockwell formula wo bring joy t0 your: self and the peope around you when you are down. First, ask what happy people in your station would do fo make things bette or themselves nd others. Hove would they greet others Inthe frst eal ofthe day? How would they write an e-mail? Whom would they call just to check i? If you're stuck, interview happy people you nov about hele hings they do for thelr acquaintances and loved ones "Next make a plan to follow through on everything you just imagined. ‘Write thee iden forexra-kind gret- ing on a Post Rt note and stick tbe low your computer screen before that Zoom or phone cal. 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Forest Service to transform a local seven acre pecan farm into a community food forest, Thousands of volunteers cleared the space underneath the tres, planted the crops, and bar vested them for vistors to stock thelr retigerator. Tod, Browns Mil resident in need can pick-or jusepick up—hundreds of varieties of fruis, vegetables, mits, and herbs tno cos. Atlant’ urben fod fret snow the largest of about 70 com- ‘munity food forests in the country. “The urban food forests more than Just free food says Celeste Lomas, food forest manager and herbals. | -tsabout nealing” BEA A wor OF 6O0D di i ; a a i cuLTuRE ‘The Children Will Teach Them, Not long ago, the Wikipedia entry for Paris contained more information ‘han the ents forthe entre cont rent of Acs Surprised? The org nizers of the Moleskine Foundation, ! nonprofit that funds worldwide education iniitves, certainly were. ‘They were even more shocked to dis cover that most ofthe Afica-elated entries were written by Wester. So the Moleskine folks decided to turn that geographic disconnect into ‘teachable moment. The founda- son's WikiAtea Education program Solicted help from teachers and st ents across ia. Today, the wit ‘contains moe than 40,000 pieces contributed by students, many wri ‘en in thei native Afican languages. |[sere ree 000 sPorTs. Soceer to the Rescue Soccer teams areal about goal, but tals A‘ Roma cub went after a bigone: helping tnd lost. clallren Profesional soccer teams In aly wil often introduce new players via Twitter, usally with funny one-liner that socee crazed fans have come to love, Roma de cided to leverage is sizable Titer following by paling the announce ‘ment ofeach new player with the photo ofa missing child, much ike the bygone US, milk carton program Inthe past yea, Roms’ lost-child posts have helped return seven chaldren to their fails, Other feams, including A.C Milan, have followed Roma's led. ‘vA. Romateam tweet bout amising AmericanA Holocaust Survivor Finally Gets Her Diploma By Sydney Page ' 1939, aumiam Schreber should | “It has been a profound regret of have started fst grade. Instead she | min, all my ie says Miriam, spent that yeat—and the following | Decades later, though, the now-89- five—tying co survive. She was ving | yearold Holocaust survivor finaly got Jn Poland when World War I broke | something se had always longed for ‘ut. *My entice life was disrupted | s highschool diploma ‘within minstes”she say. "Iwaslook- | “From the fire ne I met Miriam, ing forward wo starting school” shetold mehov disappointed she was ‘She never made | tohaweneverhada formal education 40 pursavauer 01 ntmernernon 2 Get emtong, sp Bs ap nc wort | nut ey gga aod ianayereenyertc | soe ze Cretan poem | eee ee mean eg eae | Steere ate meee ees “ol od liom brand | inpcteneas as a ad epeetinecleercey | creams met on openness | pereee a e EcRifoa uate dancin | bovot arene ee SOc Sma nee | eee tiaing er ‘eal met alee pee [erate eat tna tan hasten pce | terPune cheba especameeeecetee | te geste te eevee chen Nel pc of be aes passed ese th on Ss te |“WE WERE ON THE RUN ‘nate tao ryan | VE WERE ON THE RU class to decide, as they would be shar- | inter genionsth ee howe | WHERE TO TURN, IT ‘He brought a few seniors to Mir WAS CHAOS.” eos eee rea members went to e displaced per. sons camp in Germany, where they ‘aan ws non Ina village just out | faced continued discrimination and side Warsaw in 1932. Life was good, | anti-Semitism. shesays Then the warstared. Miriam | There, Miriam met her husband, and her family spent months hiding | Saul Schreiber, also a displaced sur ‘oom the Nazis starting when she was | vvor at che camp, ‘seven. They ran rom vag ovlage | "The couple marred in Germany 1nd foresttoorestina perpetual tate | when Miriam was 15, and they had of pani. ‘thee st child a yet lte. “We were om the run all the time | » "We needed to rebuild our live and didn't know where to turn’ says | whatever way we could” says Mam Miriam. *We were always cold and | adding that having a child gave them hungry. lewas horibl. Iwas chaos? | hope fra beghte ature Soom after the war started, the fam- | The couple left Germany in 1948, lly was transported to a slave labor | and lived in Israel, then Sweden, and ‘camp in Siberia, where they spent | then in another displaced persons ao,READBW's DIGHST Everyday Miracles ‘amp in Germany before nally im migrating te America in 1960, "Saul worked ina chicken marke, and I went to workin a bakery, make ng 99 cents an hous” says Mita, Getting @ formal education was never an option for het. She snd Saul ocused on sending thelr two sons to school dhs ging their ids oppor lies they never hed. “We became successful because of my parents ays Bernie Schreiber, 73, who was a teacher for 22 years. "My brother Bob was able to buy and bul his own busines successful. eet my parents, but especially my mother, forher dogged determination” Over the years, Mitiam learned seven languages. Her parens taught hherPolishand Yiddish, but she aught herself Russian, English, German, He brew, and Swedish,“ educated my: self” she says “Tread books day and Tell do” “min awe of her’ says Berle, So were the high school seniors ‘who heard Miriam's stor, “We had a class meeting and discussed how to honor her” said Shoshana Olkin, 19, one of the st ‘dens who went fo Mian’ home. “The class instantly sald Yes, lets eee sive her an honorary diploma” says rincipal Nabe The dea wasto present Miriam wlth Aipioma at the Schoo graduation ‘eremony, but when COVID- Is hit the service became vital andthe honor. sty diploma plan was puton pause. "But we il realy wanted 6 do this for het” says Brander. “Italked to her fant to come up with away that was ‘cOvIDendly On August 16, during a socially ds tunced ceremony inthe school gym, ‘Miriam Schetber was presented with ‘high sebool diploma from the New England Jewish Academy. ‘Wearing her cap and gown, she walked to the podium with “Pomp and Circumstance” playing as her family and members ofthe Jewish community watched with pride “When I finaly got the diplome, "kissed it” she says 1 just couldn't believe twas mine” “There weren't too many dry eyes among te 30 of us there” says Nabel Miia’ family was especially moved, *T’m not sure she even realizes the Importance ofthat moment to me! says Bernie. “Tam so proud of het” ‘This Recipe Realy Adds Up Thesum ofthe cabbage cect proportional tothe square oot ‘ofthe carot vided by the mayo. Thats Cole's Law. 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Before you dveinto your summer reading, atch out for bookselrs (an brains uling pranks socom 45Poa ei cP 4 Hens | My Divine Bovine Jennathe Cow | Miliamsbur. virgo Durham, tiansoure, via North Caroling, in my Subaru to pick up the ite calf. named her after the x AND ten twin brother were | wonderful fam gl who saved elie born on a North Carolina dairy | "Jenna was so sweet and ay curled min 2018, Female calves with | up on a blanket in the eat, and T {tin brothers ate often infertile, so | was too nervous to stop ding the Jenna was st tobe killed shortly af- | ride home, Sure, she had afew get ter her birth, Fortunately, the dairy | dents on the oad, but nothing could farmers 16-year-old daughter con- | dampen my spirits at having a chance vinced her dad tolether find a home | to rescue this lite gi for Jenssen. Whe Jenna was | fd Joa theses dey for Just three days old, I drove from | sic months and spent many nigh 46 swraveueREADEWS DIGEST Best Pet Pals — enn the bar to make sure she never fle Aye lonely. She loved to ciel and chase PRO PL sme at bot time. When iran empry, She would Readbuttmy stomach try to get mil out of me. 'm prety sure she actualy thinks her mother. Tenn stl loves to play headbutt, where we put ourheads together and sh. She usually ets me win. Oc Casionaly, she shakes her horns and ‘noes them into my head —and feels bad as soon as she reales she burt se. She has so much fun pretending ur strength is close to equal, even ‘hough she could easly throw me | Jennahelpedealthe del wit Pi cross the yard if she wanted to But | fant le. sselsnowhis"wngcow= she slays ready to break fr hugs. lugs are one of her favorite things. | in a bright pink harness Jenna loves She'll presser head into me and just | to meet new people. She also gets to hold the poston for 20 minutes, | show off hov she learned to shake Tf Tdon'tcome outside carly enough | hooves” for alfalfa treats, She ie 20 to getherinthe morning Jenna wil | much ike « puppy-—a puppy who alk round the house fom window | weighs oer 1000 pound, to window and then stand on the | Mallory my fancée, actualy ved back porch mooing for me to come | across the country when she sa a ut and play. She wants to be in- | video of Jenna and me on an ant ‘luded in absolutly everything do, | mal rescue ste. We began working wether ifs working inthe yard (often | together to rescue another cal, and {of something she inocked dowa) | Mallory son came out o visit usin for eating inthe kitchen (where he | Virginia She quickly won Jenna over y Ce ee eee ed watches through the window), When | proposed last August. Bringing Mal i a A sous Ioana was weld rng bein | lyin cmed bathe (G79) tte maior aera Beas the house for carrots. 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Pack. jar of cornstarch among the shovels ‘and boogie boardsto sprinkle ver legs and feet before getting in the ca: Itsoaks up all the ‘moisture that sand clings to Gust as baby powder does, but without the scent), making it easy to brush off, (But sand isn all bad! Flip to page ‘32 to read about its finer points) maovoaapus oy foleen Zubeeul IFE WELL ‘uve | A Song in His Heart An encounter with a waiting room songstress unlocks a side of my father I'd rarely seen before Alzheimer’s By Deborah Stock A soe Inboratory cine Avice ont ey fwoman son he edge of¢ iran room chi belng outte Ine une" Heart Go On? Other han a slight tythmie ocking ohertor tote ans there song ‘he was modonesy, with her ars Grose leguy ve her ches th litle efor she abet send her sweet high-pitched vole exploding Ino every comer ofthe sini had hin watching how peop ced. Thee wa ot of sing Insets, bt maint they wary verted hie eps ae ted pretend there wat nog ou of he cdnay vie Tas there wth my father who was sting one ino ee en he ‘roman sve, She sted int the seat direty across from my dad, Be ase she was so tny, she was forced to perch on the edge ofthe ehale 20 het feet could touch the floor. The Position made i seem as though she ‘were siting forward to engage in con ‘vorston with him, She led et, and he smiled back, Twas concerned about how my ded would react to the possible en troachment on his space He was 77 atthe time and had been living with ‘Alaheimer' for several years. He was ‘brilliant, introverted, eard-earying ‘Catholic military man who was suck Jed.and plumped on guilt obligation, nd humility. When he was healthy, he tolerated people's eccentricities dutifully but with healthy dose of silent reproach. 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THE Healthy Welles fom eteatin.com The Promise of Intermittent Fasting A popular diet trend works well for many weight watchers, and the benefits might extend beyond ‘your waistline sprten wy Rozalym 8. Pacer ke Man PsDPLE who pu on extra welght, Jerico C. as ‘orprised shen it happened io him. A native New Yorker who loved welking around the ety, be used to beable to eat whatever be ‘wanted srhenever he wanted and ‘tay prey thin. Bu then, well fe hhappened. A move to Callfornia sion 55‘meant more driving and less walk- | asked IF, sal he eiend, “IP what?” ing His advertising sales jb requited | Jerico responded. company dinners and later nights. | The answer was Intermittent fest- ‘Two kids eft ite une to think about | ing (IF): fasting completly for dis- cal eating, and get-togethers with | crete periods of ime and eating most his extended Filipino family meant | anything you want otherwise. That lots ofbigmeals. “When you welcome | can mean fasting for pars of day, anyone into your home, i's an auto- | day ata time, or two days a week. ‘atic feast”he says. Suddenly, Jerco | Jerico decided to try an 18:6 plan, fumed 40 and found 199 pounds on | which meant carving out a six his sicfoot fame, “had do some- hour window—say, from noon knit ‘hing diferent” he says. ‘6 pam—when he could eat whatever It was around that time that he he wanted and then going the next ‘ame across 9 post on social media | 18 hours with absolutly no food (out by friend who had dropped about | unlimited water, cof, ea, and other 60 pounds. How'd he do It Jerico | noncaoric beverages) Two and a hall eee ‘Thanks tomy genes, Ihave varicose veins and chronic “naling in my ankles ls have restless lg syndrome (RLS) And before turned 5, lgotupto pe two thee times aright. | dcied to research natural remedies and rendtht compression socks eddressed most of ny sss. Ualyor not had totry them. Todor radusted compression stckings—the con pression sstvongest at the ankleand gets ighte 35 ug Uptheeg. The est day, wore ther for afew housandne- ticodtnat my legs ddr aches much Eventhough ie ‘iced nat sleep inthe socks, hat ight gotup ony once tousethe bathroom. ve wor the socks most des since wth these su “Ihe soks give ny poor eustonabooeinthe ight raction-—2a rom imyankles andback sp tomy hear, resing ood ow toallmy vital oars. “Thestocings can aso help prevent eod lt. yourecosidenng tying {them on our own sick ft compression measurement cf 150 201g. Con ‘tyr doctor belo yng socks or sarcus onaton that mightreaure ‘restr compression. Usa Mare Conlin ag ‘The Healthy yearsand25 pounds later (ve or ake $ew, tania othe panei) ei haat looked back." ike io he Says Ithat made me realize that ot fppeite more ed to seeing food ‘han needing ict do miss breakfast, food thon fac rely have ‘reside for dant” "No one would soy that intermitent fatng sess, buithas mary evan tage There no countngealre, $Singsnackscung ot food gous, or other challenges that come with resus deting insted of oesing ‘nv youest deters do ona (Go procested fod, rans oF ug) ‘ns Cow cabs), Whole (0 sae, cohol, gain, day, legumes, and ther epnens, IF pus the emphasis fon when you eat “Rather than saying ust eat les; we tll them not 0 eat alter 6 pam. sys sabe Polit, RD, ‘utrtion director forthe Duke Diet and Fitness Center, “For those who have the dsepline, it works” No matter how long your fasting perio, the metabole impact on your body is similar. Typically, when we ‘ito bods break down the eabo Ibydats from the food and turn them Inco frm of sugur known as glucose, fone ofthe boy's prefered fuels. Un- ‘sed cose is stred fo ate in your liver So if you are eating thee meals ‘day, your body always has energy ‘on hand ar well a reserve ean ap. But when you're fasting, your body doesnt have a steady stream of food scou 57to tum into energy. That means ithas to tap its reserves. After about eight hour, it depletes the stored glucose and neods another source of energy. Thisis when the body begins burning fat for fuel explains Mark P Mattson, PhD, adjunct professor of neuro. science at John’ Hopkins University Schoo of Medicine Baltimore, Ths ‘combined with the fact that you are AFTER EIGHT HOURS OF FASTING, THE BODY BEGINS BURNING FAT FOR FUEL. ‘Ukly taking in fewer calores during ‘the shorter eating window egolngto help get sid of excess weight. I chose were the only Benefits of 1 lt would be worth look for many people. But since the dieting fad has bbecome more widespread in recent years, states have discovered that ts Denes can extend far beyond what you see on you scale. Research in Nu triton fournal vealed that I reduces artery-blocking LDL cholesterol sll sstiaylyeerl, which use harden- Ing and/or thickening of the arteries. Both arterial conditins are major fc torsin heart disease. 2019 study in the New England Journal of Medicine reported sha IF might ward off neu rological diseases such as Alzheim- e's, Parkinson’, and Huntington's ‘The theory: The plaques that clog [58 jursaucuer 031 neurons in the brain feed on glucose, Not suprisingly, glucose reduction also benefits people with diabetes, A study published in 2018 in JAN Net work Open showed that the 6:2 det (iting calories to 500 to 600 per ay fortwo days and eating regulary for five days) results in weight os nd Improved bled suga control for peo ple with type 2 diabetes. These fasts ‘may promate autophagy, a deep cel- lular cleanup dha allows your body 0 purge old damaged cells ind replace them with new ones. ‘All that sald, intermittent fasting | isn'ta mimaele, and as with any stret, ‘let regimen, you should consul your doctor and earfuly weigh the bene- fits against the potential side eects. People with dabetes heart disease or ‘out should know thatthe lack of food ‘uggers steep dips in blood sugar, Alliypes of fasting can cause head- aches ating, weakness, and deby- Aration, says Seott Kahan, MD, the director of the National Center for ‘Weight and Weilnes in Washington, DC. TF could back, leading to ln created appetite and binge-eating as ella a slower metabolism. And go- Ing without fod ir recipe for being hhangry—you may fel itableon fast days, say Krista Varad, PAD, professor ‘fnueition athe University of lino, Chicago. What's more a randomized ‘contol rial pulsed in 22020 sue ‘ofthe Journal of the Amerean Medical Assocation found tat most of the t= ‘es lost welghewas lean mel, not at Lastly you are under igh levels ‘ofstressor in intense athletic tain- ing consider steering clear. Especially avoid extreme 36:12 fasting, which calls or 12 hours of unlimited esting followed by 35 hours of zero calories When you do any type of fast, part of the benefit comes from milly stressing your body; just like ‘when you lit weights, you damage ‘the muse to make Iestonger” says ‘The Healthy Robin Foroutan, RD, an integrative ‘medicine dittan in New York Clty land spokesperson for the Academy of Nutstion and Dietetis, “With fast Ing, you are sresing out the body, Dut it ges stronger in response” And, ‘you tick ro he program, Itcan get thinner oo. Wh reporting by Denise Man, Kim Fredericks and Corey Whelan The Coronavirus- Diabetes Connection hast seLendon 104} > anton the COVID-9 pan Piste tenet ile people with dabetes sve mo mor ey toe te dense {ban the general population, hey were mare Ihay fo Become sicker Iams out that the lon be tween COWD-19 and diabetes gos two ways Some people wn a Hisoryof abt were showing th full-blown diabetes a the time they were experiencing severe COVID-18" says Francesco Rubino, MD, chair ‘of metabolic and bariatric surgery At King’s College London, who co-, authored a letter about the issue in the New England Journal of Medicine. ‘Among people who were hosp talized with severe COVID-19, newly diagnosed diabetes appeared in 14 percent of eases, according to a study published in Diabetes, Obestty ‘and Metabolism. The mechanism for the link isnot clear yet, but it may Ihave something odo withthe vrus’s ‘vigering an autoimmune response, aswellasts eect on specie proteins ‘hatare involved sugar metabolism. De Rubino urges people who have hhad COvID-19 10 be vigilant about symptoms associated with diabetes frequent urination, increased hun: ger and thirst, and fatigue I these Symptoms persist fer the virus has sated, patients might want to have | thet biood sugar eve checked, Bt som 00[READER'S DIGEST The Healthy HY WOMEN SHOULD PUMP IRON TOO ‘On average, people lose 3 to8 percent of. muscle mass over the course of each decade after their 30s, Strength training can slow ding toa Sports ors—men and While men add more pounds of muscle overall from those activities, the benefits [in Women are proportional to their (usually smaller) sizes. 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In Harper Lees To Killa Mockingbird, young Scout eats one ro boozy that shefels the eet, ALASKA ‘kuteg Also known as Eskimo ice eream, akutag calls fr reindeer a, seal ol berries, and snow-all whipped by | hand un it becomes aiy. In Yupik, ‘akuiag (‘ah-GO0-duek") means a them together” ies tradtonaly made ater the first seal catch of the yea ‘though Itcan be enjoyed at anytime With vegetable shortening and sugar In place ofthe animal fat anol, ARIZONA Cactus candies ‘You might call these des ert gumdrops. They're made by combining the bright pink juice of the prickly pear eactas and simple syrup. The mixture ts then cooked, cooled, and coated with sugar. The flavor lands somewhere between lemon and watermelon, ARKANSAS Chocolate rolls Depending on your culinary touch stones, these pastries look like flat croissants or fried buttitos. The Dutery dough i stated with cocoa powder and sugar before beng oled Into gooey ticks up to afoot lang. Searcy County in northern Arkanses Bo thal Chocolate egy farsa ‘CALIFORNIA Frozen yogurt In Massachusetts, were it was invented Inthe 1970s, frozen yo- gurt went by the ungainly nickname fogurt. The Valle girls of SoCal helped rebrand it “royo" and tans formed this fow-cal, low-fat, high: ‘ugar frozen dessert into lifestyle ‘Today, California is the corporate hhome to many of the big chains, including Menchle', Pinkberry, Tt uti, and Yogurdana. covorapo Root beer float 111093, Frank Wisner gazed at snow- capped! Cow Mountain against a dare summer sly: Itloked ike a scoop of ‘vanilla ice cream Noting in dark soda ‘The next day he made the fat at hs brewery in Cripple Creek. The black ‘cow, ase called it wes bom, conngcricur Shickerdoodtes ‘These are sugar-and-spice cookies, and this being the Nutmeg State the spice in question is obviously cin ‘namon, Flat and chewy, thi ie the tare cookie that doesnt use vanilla, As forthe name, itmight come frm the German Schneckenmudel (snail noodle")-or itmigh be made up. DELAWARE Strawberry pretzel salad Don't et the name ool youn le ‘ce (or anything green allowed here, ye layers: a crust of crushed pretzels ‘mlxed with buter and sugat, middle layer of eream cheese and Cool Whip {and more sugar, and atop layer of strawberry Jell-O thats usually stud ‘ded with eal suawberries, Delaware's ‘sate fruit tive Bernle Papy It. pro posed a$100 ne against “anyone selings version ofthis dessert that wast ‘made withthe tare-sweet limes famously grown inthe Keys His bill didn't ass, but Floridians are st protective of thee signature dis, despite a rumor that i was actualy Invented in New York Ci, GEORGIA Peach cobbler ‘When the bisclty top layer stars ro Sink no the juicy peaches below, this Inverted ple loks abit like cobble- stones At the Georga Peach Festal ‘each year, volunteers make one thats "feetby 5 feet and six inches deep. wawant Houpie ‘This pudding (pronounced "HOW. pee-ah") is as thick as lava. Made ‘with coconut milk and ground pia (a ‘member ofthe yam family), hauplate +k ‘thickens when is heated and hick fens more when i cools. Infact, you fan cutitinto blocks and eat it with your hands which ie how i's ypically Served at aus (though its also pop ‘lar wedding cake tppe), sano Huckleberry pe Tdahoans ae happy to share slices of Ihucklebery pi, whieh is made from ‘hele native wild blueberey-lke fruit mixed with nutmeg and cinnamon What they won't share is where they harvest the berries. “People herein Idaho are protective oftheir huckle- ‘erry spas” sa)s Tat of Home Con ‘munity Cook Cindy Rusk Worth, 70 jursavousrac21 muNors Chocolate-covered strawberries Ata gourmet store In Chicago in the 19605, Lorraine Lorusso had a ‘razy-delicious idea, She took some {reah strawberries from the produce section and dipped them in melted ‘chocolate from the store's bak: ‘ery. She let the chocolate coating harden before offering the Jazed-up betes to custom: ers, who themselves were recy arzed. Pro tip: fou ‘want to make them at home, make sure the berries are completely dry or the choco late won tik to them. INDIANA Hoosier ple gs were scarce fn the 1800s, when, Hoosier pie was invented, so thie Is the rare deseer without any, Its ‘creamy filing thickened with flour fF cornstarch and poured directly Ito a pie crus. The favor comes ‘oom vanilla extract and los of sugar, ‘hence it nickname: sugar cream pie rows Seotcheraos ‘The Des Moines Register cals these “Rice Krisples Treats on steroids?” which means you start with Rice Krisples Treats and then layer on peanut butter meted chocolate, and butterscotch. "These chewy bare are | loranssyoucan ge" ats Teo “Home Comunity Cook Ana Miller i Cover Story Kansas are allover Mane. The wild ones are Petfernuesse. smaller and sweeter than the ‘The name is vated varieties, making fo German for scrumptious, “pepper mts" esse Dut these bite: = sized spice cook: (MARYLAND Jes often contain nether “Pepper” | German cookles refers to spice in general, and pfe-| Marylanders have been fighting femuesse usually are made with star | cooe war for almost 150 years. On anise. The “nut” has to do with their | one sde are fans ofthe tick choco- ‘size: The Mennonites who brought | laty Berger caokies, brought to Balt them toKansasin the 187s used ther | more from Germany in 1835, On the sewing thimbleso cut outthe dough. | other are those who prefer the thin, ‘exsp cookies made by Otterbein’, reader Deb Sexton. "Iepais perfectly | MASSACHUSETTS ‘witha Kentucky bourbon The butery | Boston cream pe ‘linghas chocolate chips and walnuts | Perhaps the mort famous slice offalse folded in toit Somebakers even spike | advertising nthe history of desert, KENTUCKY ‘hich arived from the motherland Derby pie in 1881. Which is bewee? Maryland: "Count on Derby pie at any Derby | ers, you el party worth its salt” says Taste of Home | ‘tv bourbon. this “cream pe” is rally a custard: filled layer cake topped with a choco LOUISIANA late glaze When JFK was president, Beignets Would a doughnut by any otbername taste as sweet Absolutely. A New Orleans speciality, thse French- Inspired square puffs have no holes, but they do sport a gener ‘ous dusting of powdered sugar 9 's version was fequenty state dinners ‘MICHIGAN cont of the nation’s tart ) cheries, and many of them MAINE nd up in pies. Taste of Home Blueberry ple reader Bethann Muzio saye Blueberies ae one ofthe cherry ple “great with ce few frults indigenous to cream during the Non Ameen they Summee month” st i|| READER Dicust Cover Story eo eT A tte te | seca | eee natt temo = {is popular throughout Montana, But p Sates | Reena Seams | ciecen orien mn joe Speers sichcPamce aac: | menace | eign fon | as Hana wefan CG imagem) Sn Socrates Spearman See Samana miracle crater ments Samtcete Meret Perera arcane MINNESOTA | Monrana Home othe oldest, ‘operatingapple orchard | ‘Americ, New Hampshiteis known forts many apple reipes. You'l nd the fruit’s tangy, freshly squeezed Juice in tho state's especially ten er doughnuts (the acl inthe Juice ‘makes them sof) They canbe glazed Or dusted with cinnamon saga, but if you wantto dunk them in your moe ing coffee plain sthe way toga. se these Norwe NEW JERSEY | ‘Cannot Mircea inom rr anmg| E alien bakeries” says Taste of Home | reader Nancy Gridley. Even with | aah all of their hits—biscotd,pignolate, | sfogiaelle—it’s hard to top cannoli. ‘The fled tubular shells sted with ‘creamy cotta cheese can be studded When it comes o chocolate dessers, this one takes the cake A chocolate rusts filled with layers of chocolate ‘mousse (or pudding) and then topped with whipped eream and chocelete shavings. A waitress who lost her | home ta Mission River ood tn 1927 is sid to have coined the name, anditstuck (the way abitof mid ple | eountey, might stick tote oof of your mouth). NEVapa MISSOURI Basque cake Gooey btr cake When ster rom the mounttn ‘Among the happiest of accidents, | ous Benue repon beer Pane gooey buercskewascretedwhena | and Spain cane hese ake ee Saerin St.Louis reversed the quan: | gl, hey bought emeting doe tes of four and bute anol | wih them tone ene 5:1 rao) ina tana yellow cae: | Havored glieau Base eernees Theconcoedon came outlss thn an | thick ayer of either pao case Such high butts uterygooeynes | (ypica of Speney Reece ‘sso poplar that nearby bere | or Black chery js Groat chee | wentforittoo. | French version) 72 sursavausr 334 | o.com[READER'S DIGEST Cover Story with chocolate, ground pistachios, nd more. This is the dessert people iefor, at leat in The Godfather Aer they shoot a disloyal compatiot one ‘mobster says to another, “Leave the ‘gun take the cannoli.” xI00 Biscochitos Those crunchy rounds are a kind of spley shortbread cooke flavored pri- marily with anise and sprinkled with ‘cinnamon. New Mexicans love the biscochito so much that in 1989 they ‘named it ther state cookie, making it the county’ fist ofaly designated state sweet Cheesecake In 1828, Arnold Reuben (of sandwich ame) was 90 enchanted with cheese * 7A jwr/avausr 2028 | noc *| ae, pile that he played with the recipe Until he created what is now ered= ted as the original New York-style cheesecake, The key to turning an otherwise plain cake nto a miracle of creamy smoothness? Extra eg yolks and eream cheese. (Fun fats A New York dairy farmer invented eream cheese in 1872,) New Yorkers serve their cheesoeake au naturel—no fruit or other toppings. You might have other ideas NoRTH carol ‘Sweet potato ple Considering that 3 sweet potato ia veg: table ’snocsurpes- Ing thet sweet potato ple wasn't originally Considered adestert Btn "North Carling winere more than half the nation’s sweet potatoes are grown, the blend of sugar and spice (and sweetened condensed milk) has been perfected to the point whe sweet potato pie has pushed pump: [an ple ofthe Thankegving men for ‘many families, * Caramel rolls Not to be confused with cinnamon. buns or sticky rolls, caramel (pro ‘nounced “CAR-mul!” here) rll are ‘ake sting ina sauce of butter and brown sugar Some even add vanilla lice eream to the mix. Once out of the oven, the ols are fied over so Buckeyes In 1964, Gal Tabor of Columbus set ‘out to make an ordinary batch of ‘chocolate-covered peanut butt balls. She pu the peat butter on a toothpick to dip i, which meant that there was a spt on the ball that didn’t setoovered with chocolat. Inf the ‘rcleofbelge surrounded bythe ring ‘of brown looked alot ike the seed fom a buckeye tee, which hxppens to be the mascot of football-crazed Ohio State. Today, no agate would ‘be complete without them, ‘anholdinyourhandis like an empe ‘nada. Iecan be filled sith fut (ep. ple, cherry) oF eream, wich ean be ‘tational mon eream) or decadent (peanut utter chocolate ream). ton berry (a blackberry? raspberry hybrid) was developed by the Oregon State University Agricul: ‘ure Department in 1948, Now "these berrles ae everywhere” says Taste ofREADER'S DIGEST Cover Story Home Community Cook Darlene Bren- | den That includes in cobble, where ‘hey are topped with toasted sesame seeds—benne means “sesame” 1n Bantu, a group of languages spoken ‘in sub-Saharan Africa, Sesame seeds were brought to the routhern United States by AF rican slaves, who belived eating ‘them would bring good luck. bed ofthe purple berries i capped ‘with a uty biscul served warm and topped wih vanla ie eam. 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Both wore created by the Pennsylvania Dut, RHODE ISLAND Det’ Frozen Lemonade Franco DeLucia eame to Cranston, Rhode Island in the ealy 2003 cen ‘tury and turned bls fathers lem ‘nade recipe ftom Naples aly, into a slushie empire, The To newest flavors 000 nutand blood orange The dessert equly alent of Insagna, banana pudding {s actly vanilla pudding layered with banana slices and vanilla wafers and then topped with meringue oF Whipped cream. Beloved throughout the South, in Tennessee it's honored ‘with an annual fest TEXAl Pecan ple Poca the stat tre and the state ple | of Texas, othe pe “shows up atevery ‘These exsp, crunchy cookies taste both see nd muty because 76 holiday? says Taste of Home Commu: nity Cook oan Halford. One secret to always having enough nuts on hand "Keep your pecans inthe freezer!” says Hallford. Pun fact: Pecan trees are alternate bearing, meaning they produce thelr ult every other year uran Jello inthe 1980, Jel-O exzcutves started targeting their advertisements to young famlles. It worked expecially ‘welin Utah, which was then the tat withthe highest birth ate and is now the state with the highest per capita consumption of Jell-O. Senator Mike Lee even hosted a weekly "el with ‘the Senator event in his DC office be- fore the pandemic VERMONT Maple creomee ‘This is @ combination of Vermont's culinary signatures: @ maple syrup WE Eves a CINNAMON ite) TT BO 5READER'S DIGEST Cover Story Ke | WEST VIRGINIA ia 24 Nolasco cooker favored dairy teat hat’ frozen tothe consistency of sofe-serve lee cream, Vermonters insist the ereemee is VIRGINIA Chess pe ‘The name comes from, well o one 4s certain anymore. Some claim that chestout flour was an or nal ingredient. Others think It's a misinerpretation of just pe” sald Ina southern accent Ie really is ‘just butter, lou, sugar, and bgs—sometimes favored with Vanilla extract oF lemon juce. WasnineTON Loganberry pie ‘Named for James Harvey Logan, who | wastheisto cross ablakberry with araspherry loganbertes havea short ‘shelf if. They thrive on Whidbey Is land near Seat, where whatever berrles the people can’t consume right away get put to good use in pe 78 suonvausrz01 Many West Vie snlans relied on molasses unt re fined sugar became readily avalable after World War I But these cookie, also Aavored wit cinnamon, ginger coves, and nutmeg, are yummay enough to have stod dhe test of time, WIsconsIN Kring This dessere, which rived with Dan. Ish immigrants in the 1000s, eke coflee cake, only akier and filed with ruts, fruit, or eream cheese or some ‘combination ofthe three eis some times topped with chocolate. Want to try Kringle isa bestseller at Trader Joe's sores around the country during the holidays wyoMiNG Cowboy cookies ‘These jacked-up chocolate chip cook: ies are made with Jot of buter and with rolled oats, pecans, and coconut added ¢0 the dough. They supposedly packed lasting energy for long days ‘ut in the Old West. More recently, Laura Bushs cowboy cookie recipe beat Tipper Gore’ gingersnaps inthe 2000 Family Cree Presidential Cooke Bakeot READER'S DiGeST uMon in | Ie just hasnt been the same ‘since the visit from the UNIFORM | Health & Safety Officer. During our introduc tion fo Vietnam, the Instructor warned us bout the deadly sea snakes inthe South Chine Se, “fone a carter (ees. | ese ncaa ere STS | Ae [te feet, |aeten. | Same See See Nie aso. [Se |e rocom 79CU ase | use) SNAKE CHARMERS md Veneta aT ned eet a Und yr Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood OR CLR CL \ P ole Sad Eeerocttaid[READEW’S DIGEST National intoret For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida, ‘Then they close up shop, pick up their camper, and head down to the Everglades for three nights of hunting Burmese pythons—powerful constrictors that squeeze the life out of their prey. ES q J Each night ofthe hunt, they spend | basically making minimum wage hours stow rolling along gravel back | No isnot fr the money. Theyte roads searching fr the elusive Inva- | doing ito save Florida's wife sive reptiles. They switch on massive | The first Burmese python turned light atop thet Jeep, lights that urn | up on the outskirts of Everglades ‘the night as bright a day. The humid | National Park in 1979, If measured airislled with a subdued chorus of | 11 feet, 9 inches and had been fs hhoots and bbs. tened by a cat BY the ate 1990s, 997 Von order et and Bet Kohler holdup on of icant. From 2017 toy ‘The younget, more athletic Van | a National Park Service biologist ofttyear professional nae hunter caught 5000 snkes, Te larpest was 18 fet ng Gonder drives, never going more than | named Ray “Skip” Snow sounded the shout mph while Koehlet the nore ‘Today, biologists estimate that | Thar'swhy they have tobe taken out” focused ofthe two, stands with her bout 160,000 pythons infest Bver- | While some hunters takeout the head through the sunroo, peering | VAN GORDER RELISHES ‘lads National Park, Big Cypress Na- | snakes with bullets, Koehler and Ven ahead fo any sign of sake, THE RUSH OF ‘ional Preserve, and the thousands of | Gorder prefer to nab them by hand The pai mown oterelow ps. | WRESTLING WITH thon hunters a PeaBets, achleved 4 BIG HISSING SNAKE. some statewide fame in 2019 when they bagged the 500th python to be — caught by hunters working forthe ‘lorda Fish and Wildlife Conserva- | alarm about pythons taking over the tion Commission. They're not doing | Everglades, No one took his warn itfor dhe money; there's hardly any | ings seriously because he had 0 «cre of marshy publiclandsuround: | and stuff them into large sacks. Van {ng them. But they're not staying put. | Gorder, an Army brat who grew up (CNW reported that a woman in West | all over the place, says she relishes Palm Beach found Burmese python | the adrenaline rush of wrestling with Inher wishing machine. The problem | a big, hissing snake. Once, she was has gotten sobad hatin February, the | bitten on the hand by a struggling state's Fish and Wikdlif Conservation | python. The snake's tooth remained ‘Commission banned possession and | lodged in her finger for months. It profit in searching for the sithery | proof that pythons were mating in breeding of Burmese pythons and | didn'tlesen her enthusiasm forthe Invaders. The job pays $846 an hour | the wild. in 2003, he finally found] = tgotherhonnative specs, | un plus $50 per snake, with another | hatchlings, inconroverble evidence “grew up down here? Koehler 61, "We want to get our adventure in $25-perfoot bonus fr nakes longer ‘only o be told by the says."Tve seen the changes thathave | now," the 55-year-old says. “Tean than four feet. Some nights the palr ge that itwas now too] taken place, And now, allyou'e gong | ston a cruise ship when I'm an old ‘comes up empty, meaning they are | Ite ost the sakes to see are ray gator and pythons | lay” hanno‘a's python hunters is Dusty | “Monday became ladies’ night out? ‘Wildman” Crum, who once | she says. We'd drive aroend the caught a python that measured | swamp laughing out buts of 16 feet, 1 inches long. The folly, |" She noticed, though, that these {hick-bearded Crum stars in he Dis | expeditions were diffrent fom the covery Channel's Guardians ofthe | nature hikes of her youth, She eewne Glades, where he runs through the | raccoons or foxes or any other ewal ‘swamps barefoot, showing little ap- | mammals. The pythows had coven parent regard for the gators, feral | them. A 2012 scentine study found hhogs, and venomous native snakes | that between 2003 and 2011. the oe thatalso occupy the sogy terrain. The | eas where pythons had prolifera {cuts though rida’ lcense py- | saw a $9 percent decrease in recone ‘hon hunters come in all shapes and | populations, a 88 percent drop tn ‘izes, Quite few are female. One of | opossums, 94 percent drop in white, the bests Anne Gorden: Vega, talled deer, and an 87 percent flloft Gorden-Vege’s Linkedin profile | for bobcats The aumber for rabbi escribes her as a teacher at the | and foxes: 100 percent, Ceramic League of Miami and an artist who specializes in hand-earved | tls, sculpture, and ral fring. What | Linkedin doesn't mention is that | the vivacious 62-year-old with long | sliver Hair has caught 236 pythons for thestate | Gorden-Vega grew up hiking | around the Everglades, watching the animals, She gave it up when she became a mom, trading in her na ture hikes for nine years as «soccer coach, Then one day, one of her art students mentioned she was going py thon hunting with a state contractor. | Gorden-Vega finagled an invitation | Ts Tn Pusu, the fce of Flo. | to tag along. and before she knew ity ‘Anurmesopytnon cre around ‘ane Gorden Yog'se (nea gh. ‘Corden-Yogascousthe ronson levees atightorsigns ofan 84 yweravausr 22s | no.cou ‘The pythons’ effect on the land Scape made Gorden-Vega want to do ‘more snake catching. She and her art student, a 38-year-old stay-at-home ‘mom, filled out applications withthe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservas Hon Commission but figueed they hha zero chance of being slectod. Of ‘he 40 snake hunters the commission employs, onlyten are women. To their surprise och women were hired “Hooked at her and sid, "Theyre desperate" says Gorden Veg ‘When Gorden-Vega goes hune- Ing sometimes she'l let fiend oy ‘Mleensed hunter from out of town, tag along. Other times, she goes out lone, leaving her hisbend, service Nationa Interest technician for Arar, at home as she ruses the levees She delves a 2017 Chery Colorado 2a with fourswbeel rive aad bright ED ight ontop. The ) truck has what she eas "89,000 py. | thon mutes" on the adometer, she bbums alot of gas patrolling the levees | lf the night She file the silence by listening to audiobooks, mostly “his, torical fiction, anything about Florida, | murder mysteries, weird su t's being out in the Glades and listening | wo stories about the Everglades |, Gorden-Vega figures hee best tool } for catching pyshons i the element | ef surprise. The pythons are used to | being the apex predator, so when she ‘arabs one by the head, the snake istoo stunned to reac. That ves her & hance to tuff itinto a bag. Iiepuss upasteugle the weresting ‘match usually takes about 15 minutes tn rare occasions upto an hout She Just les down onthe snake, digs in With her elbows, and wears the thing ut. Sometimes the pythons fight backina very messy way, peeing and pooping on her 'We call that he sweet smell of suc ess" she says, "because you smell that way beeause you got one” Distisimentines insen, het yh elinination se sia” She wears python hat Her Ford Expedton has pyibor sn fest overstnd a custom-made "Py thon Pret on he roof Once, wen 86 juv/auauer 2021 ee | | Ssjttanatahuntinglenotcome soto ‘la westroundupwhereomng goes. | she guvea speech ta conference her daughter Deanna made cookies for the audience using pynon eas. “This has taken over mye Kall Kalil collected snakes and lizards 8 kid, She sold Fovida teal estate Inthe 1980s. In 2017, she became the fist female python hunter hired by the South Farida Water Manage- ‘ment District. She was going to try it for theee months, Four years late, the fve-footten, 125-pound Kalil was one ofa handfl licensed to ant pythons for both the water district land the wlllife commission, mes Ing she has access to land owned by both agencies When hunters working for the wildlife commission catch pythons, they take them to state aboratry in Davie, Some pythons are killed with a bolt gun and dissected for examina tion. Some are injected witha miro chip for tacking and tured loose 0 they wil ead the hunters and re searchers to other snakes, ‘Aleas tha’ the way i’ supposed to work During the coronavirus pan demig the rules changed. The lab was no longer open to visting hunters In- Stead, hunters had to euthanize their Snakes and do vital measuring and ‘weighing with an app ‘Kling the snakes the hardest as pect ofthe jo for Kali, who believes ln killing animals oly i you're going to eat them. The fst one she lille ‘wasa itl ong, just 45 feet ong. She Stabbed it in the head "I tied for « good long time, says. Even now, “Lean ok them in | the eyes. And T apologize to them for What'm about to dot them.” Nationa Interest READER'S DiGHst One neatly gotihe better oft She was grappling with a7s-footer when ther daughter called, Rather than let ‘the call goo voice mal, Kall ted to “Itwas sly mistake she ays With Kalil distracted, the snake ‘wrapped itself around her neck, She couldn't got the leverage to pull t Joos, so she had to stagger back her tuck where some frends were packing up their gar, and tp one on theback. Her frends got the snake off of her before she passed out WITH KALIL DISTRACTED, THE SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK, Kali hasnt saved any other hunt rs but she has rescued a couple of lligsors that were losing battles with pythons. She has also caught python thathad already swallowed «gator Kalas capruted more than 50 py thons so fg, inctuding more than one ‘mating bal” made up of multiple sakes tangled together during breed {ng season. The biggest python she's caught by herself wa 12 feet long ‘The biggest one she nabbed with as sistance was a 15-ooter, When she started out asthe lone woman working forthe water district, no one showed her the ropes, she socom 87says. Their attitude wa {he hard way, s0 you should have to Jean the hard way oo!” Kall takes the opposite approach, helping new hunters ear the righ say to eateh pythons. “I don't want to see a buneh of guys coming out here shooting up the Everglades because they tink the only good sk dead sake” ful earoerin eal estate in Ind ana o become a python hunter “Lhhave this insane passion for snakes? says Siewe.“Tean' explain it” When she was growing up, her ad would take her toa nearby reek tnd teach her how to catehfroge and reptiles She started keeping snakes a pets and even began breeding them forsale Slewe,44was med catching Lake rie water snakes and the video went vir Soon she gota call rom a reality show that was fing a python hunt, thing whether she'd be Interested in parctpating Her reaction: "Walt they pay people to hunt snake in osdat™ ‘She never goton TV, but the ingury planted a seed. She raveled down, to Rorda and managed to ge Kalo take her out on «hunt. They aught ‘python that night "Right there, I was hooked Slewe says She went backto Indiana and old ‘Ay Siew, who moved Fo ‘Spectelytohuntpytons fms her her fancé they were moving Florida, Tn abit ofa eatch-22, to become a censed python hunter, Siewe had to show she had experience hunt ing pythons. But by volunteering to help Kalil eateh snakes, she picked up the necessary experience. Now she ventures ou looking fr pythons About four dimes a week, mostly in Big Cypress National Preserve Some: times she goes on foot, sometimes bear, sometimes by cance Sie and partner paddle out to islands in the swamp, hop out, grab any snakes National interest they se, and then load them into the | ‘canoe to take back thelr nests are underground, You can “Onetime wegotteven pythons one | be standing right on top of «python ofthem 15feetong she says.Asnake | and not see it" That's why the only {hat size weighs around 140 pounds. | way to catch them Is the slow, low “The canoe wasso low tothe water we | tech way: hiring hunters like Siewe ‘ould not have putin another snake” | to search for them for hours on end Recently the state has tried using | and then grab them by hand and tll dogs and s new type of camera wit | them intoa bag. infrared technology mounted on | _And that’s fine by Gorden-Vega. <érones to sniff out the elusive snakes, | She can't piture herself ever qulting. ‘but with litle fick. The problem with | Python hunting, she explains, "be the dogs, says Siewe, is that theyre at | comes a par of you. You think, It's riskofbeing gobbled up by alligators. | warm tonight ve got to go out You As for souped-up drones, they can't | get an itch? spot the pythons ifthey'e hidden be neath the earth imc 2 “They burow Siewe sys. “Alot of - ¢¢9——_____ Literary Prizefights Noone delivers. cuting comment que ike writer with 2beodonarival as thes takedowns show He doesnt even wrt Iiterature—he wres...yok He doesnt write nowes—e wes journalistic hyperbole! You couldn teoch tat [beeping] (bteep to bieeping] freshmen ina fleeing] freshman English class! ithe would have had fewer pompous musings and lite sounder education it would have been better maybe. very word she writesieali, Including anda the That’ not writing. Tha’ typing “Truman made leg an at form™aminr artform,QUIETING Overlapping crises have made many of us jumpy. But how do you know when you have slipped into a more serious problem and need help? By Rebeca Pips FIVE YEARS AGO, Meredith Arthut a 45-year-old San Francisco resident and an employee ofthe torial media ‘company Pinterest,arived at ane rologist appointment in distraught State She spoke a mile a minute, rt tng through her extensive esearch fon the vagus cranial nerve and ex: plaining why she thought ft might hold clues to her erippling shoulder and neck pain, frequent dizzines, nausea, and chronle migraines. “1 was presenting my inexpert case to lan exper, who stopped me and sald, suuusrearions ny Pete yn ‘know wha's wrong, You have ge- crazed ansety sander” or Arthut the diagnosis was a shock. She had been so focused on her debilitating physical symptoms that she hadn't considered that they could be linked to her mental health, Almost immediately, i elicked, “My brain was always in overdrive” Arthur recalls "T wanted to work ll the time and slve everthing ‘She would never have described herslfase worries however, and cet- tint din connecther prfeeonism o.com | yu/auausy 2601 81to ansiery or ls effect on her body. But in fey, physical dscomfort—not distressing thoughts—is most often ‘what dives people with arate t seck “The dlagnoss changed everything” says Arthur Ws somebody picked ‘me up of the earth turned me round 180 degrees, and put me back down, wat the same word but everything looked a lite diferent” “Arthur is one of the 40 million “American adults who experience an anxiety dsorder—the most common form of mental iiness—every year ‘But ansiey touches everyone to vary. Ing degrees. Typically, interment and brought on by a stresfal or tau mati event. Its core features are ex: ‘cessive fear and worry, and one ofthe major underlying facorsis feling of uncertainty about situations that oe ccurin dally Ife, ‘These are exceedingly uncertain times due to the combination of eo: ‘nomic precariousnes, social unrest, environmental eatattophes, andthe Ccovib-19 pandemie. Managing ai exw ensure ie doesnt rule your lie. How Chronic Anxiety Harms the Body “Anxiety Is part of your bodys stress. response system, and it ean be un comfortable, overwhelming, and sometimes pain confusing “Ldeserbe anxiety asa future- orlented emotional response to.8 perceived threat” says Joel Minden, PhD, a clinical psychologist and the author of Show Your Anziety Who's ‘Bos. "We atilpate that something bad wil happen. Maybe we have evi ‘dence, Maybe we don't Bur we have ‘belle that something eatastophe rightoceu” ‘Almost immediately, Minden says, your sympathetic nervous system, ‘which controls involuntary proceses Such as breathing and heart ate Kicks that drive your body’ fightfeeze fight response and prompt ansiety's physical symptoms. Your heart aces, Jourblood pressure rises, your pupils dilate, you get shor of rest, and you, breakout a elammy seat Meanwhile, codsol curbs fane= tons that your brain considers non ‘essential: T alters immune system responses and suppresses the diges- tive system, the reproductive system, and growth procetes,Thiewas help ful for our ancestors tying to outrun saber-toothed tigers but is not so "Ruch when you cant stop ruminating bout whether you might have caught ‘covip-18 when the guy behind you in line atthe grocery store coughed. For Arthut, chronie physical paln and discomfort were the most pov ‘erful manifestations of her disorder, ‘but anxiety ean show itself many ‘ways You might perceive something as threatening even when itis’ ¢or go Health able situations. You might constany | don to the next without rele ‘overthink plans or spend all of your tne cesingselatonso wos | Treat Anxious Fe Scenarios, Maybe you feel indecisive | Whe and feat making the wrong decision, | When They Persist ‘Or you might find yourself estlss, | Despite the fact that chronte ant eyed up, and unable to rlax, ety Is very manageable with some ‘Often, those symptoms lst only a | combination of medication, therapy, long ascertain situations are pres- | and lifestyle adjustments, only about ent, (You may feel nervous about | 37 percent of afected people receive yng butyoudoitand the een fades | treatment of eny hind. The rest toy when the wheels touch down.) Other | to battle their ansety rom witha of times, anxiety can tp into becoming | suppress t 8 chronic anxiety disorder such as | "People spend too much time and {eneralized anxiety disorder, panic | effort ying to contol anally” says disorder, social anxiety disorder, | Minden. “I encourage them to Te. obsessive-compulsiv disorder post: | member tha anxiety ls normal emi "raumatistress disorder ora phobia. | tonal response” I'you try to banish dlistnction between circum. | it he adds, all you'e doing Is puting stantial or temporary anxiety and a | itmore at the foreftont of your mind ‘more severe case isn't always easyo | Here ate some tps to help mlai- ‘make, sys clinical psychologist David | mize anxiey’s negative elects Carbonel, PRD, founder ofthe Arai ety Treatment Center in Chicago. | 1, Accept t “There sn'ta blood est foransiery. | you accept anxiety as part of lie Atsome pont, everybody experiences and part of everyone's lived expe= to great lengths to avoid wncomfort | feelings seem oars from ane stua- 4&7 he says. “It becomes e disorder | rience, you can learn to relate tet when Ie interferes with your behav. | with s-compassion and even with tora cholees and your ability to doas | humor. This isa cornerstone of a you wishin fe ‘eptance and commitment therapy ‘That point could be when your | (ACT) which has ben gaining clinical fob requires you to fly but you're | validation, including bythe American ‘oo anxious to make i even as far as | Paychologieal Association. the airport, which ultimately puts | ACT guides people to see their un- your livelihood tn jeopardy. More | pleasant emotions as just feelings generally, you may find that ansious | and to accept that parts of life ae feelings last even after a problem | hard. Practitioners encourage pa has been resolved and shat those | dents tobegina dialogue wit anxiousREADER'S DIGEST thoughts, examining the causes of ‘hose feelings while also Keeping in ‘ind thelr pereonalgoslsand vals. | Although anxious thoughts shouldn't be completely suppressed, sullerers can be trained fo no allow aot © turn them away from what they want to do and wo they want tobe. 2.ecurtous about ‘Along with aceepeance, a mindfulness approach to anxiety canbe useful pecially when you'r cylin through Anvious thoughts and uneble to think leary or rationally. Im his book Unwinding Anstety psychiatrist and neurosclentist Jud son Brewer, MD, recommends pay Ing attention to the body sensations, | Ing her ‘thoughts, and emotions that come | too for Arthur because he asa result of feeing anxious or wor- fied. When we notice and name the plysteal sensations that are arising In our bodies (my face fees ushed; my breathing is shallow; my heart is beating gulch), we aze already less ‘aught up in those anxious reactions, simply throug that act of observa- tion, writes De. Brewer ‘Many mindflnes rlning apps can help including one, also called Un- ‘winding Anxiety, that Dr Brewer de ‘eloped in his ab at Brown University After three months of using the spp, test parteipants reported an average | Stpercent eduction in their ans. 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Why ‘The most logeal explanation is that Insome cles, the main dag is Main ‘Steet and in thers, 's Fist Round ‘ng out the top ten US. street names, ‘inorder: Thi, First, Fourth, Park, ith, Main, Siath, Oak and Seventh. “The selection of place names has often ben, almost wibour exception, taeless” says Don Empson, author Of The Steet Where You Live: A Guide fo the Pace Names of St. Paul. "We have such misnomers as College Av. ‘enue with no college, Palace Avenue ‘with no palace, Ocean Sree with no ‘ocean, and Hunting Valley Road with po valley orhunters! Your block home to 8.1 squirrels. With 108 species, southern Asia is considered the “squirrel capital of the world” North Ameries has amere 85 species, witha density of about 15 squirrels per acre. And since the range of most squirrels is only few acres, chances are the same old squlr tals you see day alter day in your ‘backyard are exactly that, Some 12 bilion of them live in the United States at any given time, They have an unesnny ability to thrive {na wide range of environe—urban parks, suburban backyards, wilder ess forests “They Nourish because they—ike ‘numans—are generalist” says John “Moriarty, senior wildlife manager for ‘he Thee fives Park Dis in Minne sora "Squires ean ive in weetop nests, hollowed-ourtree trunks, oryour ate Letter carriers bring you ‘4 pounds of junk mal year. You don't open 44 percent of i and you recycle abouta quarter oft. Over the years, the United States Post state, motoreycle sk, Segway, tobog- ‘dogsed, boat, biplane, super: Sonic jet, snowmobile, and hovererat Ifyou live athe bostom ofthe Grand ‘Canyon, your mall is brought to you bymule. 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