Happy Tuesday!
Some summers you chase the heat. Some summers you outsmart it. Sharon Kurtz did the second, trading sweltering afternoons for the long, cool light of a Swedish evening. Closer to home, more than 53 million of us are quietly caring for an aging parent. This week: two very different summers, one you take for yourself and one you give to someone you love — plus a berry-packed breakfast blend with a little history behind it.
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Skip the Heat: Why Sweden Is the Perfect Summer Coolcation
Trade blazing plazas for long northern light. There’s a name for it now: a coolcation.
At nearly 10 p.m., the sky over Stockholm still glowed — and Sharon Kurtz wasn’t wilting in the heat. From Gothenburg’s canals to Stockholm’s late-night harbor, she found all the pleasures of a European summer without the swelter. Here’s why the far north does the season better.
It’s love and logistics in equal measure: here’s the roadmap.
More than 53 million of us now care for an aging loved one, and for about half, it’s a parent. This clear-eyed guide trades crisis management for a plan: making the home safe, letting telehealth save you the drive, and getting ahead of caregiver burnout before it takes hold.
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The blender had to exist before anyone could dream up a smoothie. And the word itself didn’t catch on until the 1980s. Nick Thomas serves that history alongside his own berry-packed morning blend: no cooking skills required, and one secret ingredient you’ll never taste.
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