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Tips from the Top

The Roger Bossard way to great grass

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The Fog Lifts

As it always does, given enough time

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Hill of Beans

For author Julia Alvarez and her husband, starting an organic coffee plantation was a wake-up call

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Tongue Tied

Some 200 Native American languages are dying out and with them valuable history

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Going With the Grain

On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way

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Hemingway's Cuba, Cuba's Hemingway

His last personal secretary returns to Havana and discovers that the novelist's mythic presence looms larger than ever

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Summertime for Gershwin

In the South, the Gullah struggle to keep their traditions alive

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For Hire: Holiday Window Designer

Decking the halls with Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan

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Doug Fine, Journalist, New Mexico

How an ambitious experiment in ecological living led to a goat pen

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Points of Interest

Notable American Destinations and Happenings

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The Sodfather

Major-league teams are turning to third-generation groundskeeper Roger Bossard to give them a winning edge

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"Those Aren't Rumors"

Two decades ago an anonymous telephone call sank Gary Hart's presidential campaign—and rewrote the rules of political reporting

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The Morning After

My transition from senior to citizen

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Tomatoes in the Bullpen

Surprising trivia about America's beloved baseball fields

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Interview with Leigh Montville

The sportswriter discusses John Montague’s fabled antics and how the man changed golf

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Points of Interest

Notable American Destinations and Happenings

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Montague the Magnificent

He was a golfing wonder, a dapper strongman and the toast of the Hollywood smart set—then his past caught up with him

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On the Job: Courtroom Sketch Artist

Decades of depicting defendants, witnesses and judges have given Andy Austin a unique perspective on Chicago

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Frybread Recipe

A recipe from Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions

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About Carleton Watkins

On the life and career of the 19th-century American landscape photographer who captured Yosemite in stereo

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