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I’ve always felt like a plant-person, moss and lichen covered; the land a part of me and me of it. The Irish landscape I grew up in is riddled with stone walls and stories, seventy thousand placenames and countless fairy trees. Irish placenames are derived from hidden histories or trees that used to grow there, ghost forests. Dair means “Oak” and is found in many placenames around Ireland. Townlands contain Cill, Irish for “cell” or “church,” demonstrating how intimately entwined our very cells-selves are with the Catholic church! In the first experiment in colonization, our language was beaten out of...

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth was caught in such a whirlwind after winning the Masters eight years ago, whether it was winging his way to New York for television appearances or throwing out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game, that he never bothered to find a tailor for his green jacket. Leave it to Augusta National, where every piece of the property is finely tailored, to take care of such details. “I just had it everywhere and I never got it fixed,” Spieth said Monday, “and I think they have done it...

Executive functions are the chief operating skills based in our brain that are crucial for goal-oriented behavior. These functions include self awareness, attention, organization, planning, working memory, and flexibility. Every person has a different level of executive functioning skills, but children with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and various learning disorders typically struggle more with executive dysfunction. Are these skills unchangeable? Not quite – in fact, discoveries in the field of neuroplasticity show that with training, executive functioning skills can improve as the brain reorganizes its pathways.  Not sure which executive functions your child is struggling with? Have them take our...

Categories:  Best Of Stories On Hollywood’s biggest night, as one of the creators of the Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All At Once accepted his golden statue, he mentioned that his “imposter syndrome was at an all-time high.” Seriously, this guy is part of the team that swept seven awards that night—and he still didn’t feel like he fully deserved to be there. If this doesn’t say how strong our thoughts are and how much weight we give them, I don’t know what does.  Carrie Fisher famously said, “stay afraid and do it anyway”—and while much of the world can agree...

Your house, your rules, and nobody dares to argue with that. Unless a stranger comes in and realizes the rules of the house are more than questionable. Recently, a thread on Ask Reddit went viral with people sharing their stories in response to “What was your worst/weirdest experience at somebody else’s house?” From weird mini chapels to loud screams, some things at a friend’s house are impossible to predict. If you had a similar experience at someone's home, share it with others in the comments below!#1When I was 6 or 7 I went over to my friends house one afternoon...