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Honoring Grandma: Parkinson’s Disease Research Now

Posted on December 2, 2014July 1, 2015 Yevgeniya

When I was about nine or ten years old, my grandmother came to live with us. I had never met

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‘Words and ideas can change the world’ – R.I.P., Robin Williams

Posted on August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 Yevgeniya

“Twenty-six years ago, you played a game with a little boy down the street. A game with drums.” (Jumanji, 1995)

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Party outside for your health

Posted on July 16, 2014July 16, 2014 Yevgeniya

If you’ve lived through what feels like an endless winter haze (like we’ve seen here in the Northeast), the beginning

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What keeps a couple together for decades?

Posted on June 9, 2014April 16, 2018 Yevgeniya

For years and years and years, I kept saying that I would spend some time interviewing my grandparents. They have

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Would you give back to your college?

Posted on April 30, 2014August 12, 2019 Yevgeniya

The other night I picked up a phone call from a number that I’d been avoiding. I knew it was

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Do you call your parents?

Posted on March 28, 2014August 12, 2019 Yevgeniya

Apparently British people call their mothers at least once a week in the evening, according to a recent study cited

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Happy birthday to my little brother

Posted on March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 Yevgeniya

Happy birthday to my brother who is actually not little at all — today he’s 21! He’s probably studying right

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Why I hate the “like” button

Posted on February 27, 2014August 12, 2019 Yevgeniya

The other day I went to Facebook and did something simple: I scrolled through and watched a video someone had

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LessThanThree: Asking questions in the internet age

Posted on February 17, 2014September 25, 2015 Yevgeniya

What are the right questions? Some time ago I was browsing Pinterest and noticed someone shared one of my images.

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What I want on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 Yevgeniya

Love isn’t easy to define. You can say it’s a feeling, or a lifestyle, or just a bunch of neurons

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