Coming-of-age stories can be brutal critiques of parents. Speaking as someone with grown kids, I notice these things. At this point in life the young-adult tales that resonate with me have a loving parent out of sight, giving the fledgling liberty to try out their wings. And at some point along the way, the young …
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Ivy’s on My Mind
The three-leaf triads of poison ivy are common in North America except in cities and deserts. Most people I know have had the rash. Native remedies treated it topically with a plant that grew nearby: jewelweed. Modern workers have guessed that jewelweed’s secret was lawsone, a red dye that binds to proteins and is also …
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