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Stories
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Over puppy yoga? Try it with snakes.
You've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby Columbian Common Boa named Mango?
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Move over, goat yoga — in Portland, Ore., you can do snake yoga
You've heard of puppy yoga, and goat yoga, and maybe even reindeer yoga... but what about yoga with a bunch of pythons and one baby Colombian common boa named Mango?
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Urban sketchers turn cityscapes into art
In cities around the world, groups of people get together to do on-location drawing in the place where they live. They say it helps them notice new things in their city.
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Urban sketchers find the sublime in the city block
Sketchers say making art together in urban environments allows them to create a record of a moment and to notice a little bit more about the city they see every day.
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Dungeons & Dragons, long played for fun, is being explored for therapeutic potential
Dungeons & Dragons is known as a niche role-playing game. But now game masters are exploring whether it can also be therapeutic, for conditions ranging from anxiety to PTSD.
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The glass left from yahrzeit candles can be another way to memorialize a loved one
In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in a stubby glass holder. In some families, that old glass found a new use.
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For Jews in Minnesota, the festival of Tu Bishvat takes on a new meaning this year
Rabbis in Minneapolis reflect on the agricultural holiday of Tu Bishvat and what it means for the city after the killings by ICE agents.
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When Christmas is a little too bright ... look to Krampus
If Santa Claus is the good cop of Christmas, then Krampus is the bad one: a creature from European folklore who scares children into behaving themselves, complete with goat horns and gnashing teeth.
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This metalworker is creating suits of armor for mice
Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.
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An artist makes tiny suits of armor for mice
Calgary artist Jeff De Boer has spent decades learning, perfecting, and teaching the art of making suits of armor. For mice.
