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Our May / June 2023 front cover is all about hemoglobin. Yes, hemoglobin. Creative Director Justin Negard created a visual that reflects health in its basic form. Whether it’s diet, exercise, or mental stability, it’s all about blood flow, the most basic foundation of our health. This was also an opportunity to play with the visual interactions of circles, which is always fun, right?
The back cover art is a piece of a larger series of skateboard decks designed by Katonah artist Dave Bradford. Bradford is a talented visual artist of a variety of mediums, with an affinity to the simple yet colorful patterns of his decks. These beautiful pieces have been displayed throughout our community, most recently in The Bedford Playhouse and elsewhere.
Reimagining the Future
by Gia Miller Artwork by Greg Muenzen Riley* began preschool at three years old. After school, she’d ask her mom to paint her nails. She also liked to play dress up, and she requested Barbie dolls and mermaids as presents. “I remember even before she could really get the sentence together, she would take her blankie and hand it to ...
Lobster Rolls
Yields: 10 Rolls Ingredients For the lobster: 2 ½ lbs. fresh cooked lobster meat Juice of one lemon 1 – 1 ¼ cups mayonnaise 2 ½ stalks chopped celery Salt Pepper For the buns: 10 New England brioche rolls ½ stick butter, room temperature Directions Chop the lobster meat. Combine lobster with lemon juice in a large bowl. Add the ...
King Kone
By Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard If you live in Northern Westchester, odds are good that you’ve been to King Kone at least once. In fact, odds are also good that between April and October, the person you Venmo the most is Deb Hopkins. Yeah, that’s us, too. King Kone began in 1953 when a local family opened a ...
Kids and Sports
By Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard Leah Pizer Goldens Bridge parent of a 19-year-old boy who plays baseball for the University of Tampa Nic Denyer South Salem parent of 16-year-old twin boys; Rugby coach at Marist College Craig Kelly Katonah parent of a 9-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl; PE teacher at PS 267 in Manhattan Exercise is an important ...
Reframing Your Mental Health Condition
by Rich Monetti artwork by Andrea Jaffee If you deal with the symptoms of anxiety or depression, you might view them as scourges that hinder your day-to-day well-being. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, if you’re able to view your symptoms in a different and more positive manner, you may actually learn to live with them ...
Happiness is the Best Medicine For You and Your Dog
by Dr. Sarah J. Cutler Dogs have evolved alongside humans for thousands of years. We’ve bred them to work for us: herding, hunting, guarding, policing, sniffing out drugs and disease, working in search and rescue, and serving people with physical or mental health conditions. However, most dogs in the United States are companions and treated like family members. Some dogs ...
Understanding the Key to Longevity
by Ava Fleisher It’s easy to use the phrase “we’ll all die someday” as an excuse to neglect your health. But the truth is, it’s really not that easy. Sometimes, if you focus on the right things in the right places, the average American lifespan of 77 years can be more lively and even lengthened. Ask yourself: “Wouldn’t I rather ...
What to Know Before You Begin A New Exercise Routine
By Emma Richman Studies show that regular exercise is good for you. It helps prevent excessive weight gain, improves your mood, boosts your energy, can prevent certain health conditions and even helps you fall asleep faster. Plus, recent research from Kaiser Permanente in southern California has shown that regular exercise also helps decrease the severity of COVID-19. But exercise also ...
Stop Dieting and Start Eating Well
By Gia Miller Diet – it’s a four-letter word that makes a lot of people cringe. Some people spend their life uttering that word, others do it before milestone events so they “look good in the pictures,” and there are those who avoid it altogether. Regardless of which category you fall into, most of us know diets don’t really work ...
Warr;ors for Mental Health
by Gia Miller Photography by Elena Wolfe When then eighth grader Grace O’Hanlon joined North Salem High School’s new Warr;ors Mental Health and Wellness Club (the “;” is meant to signify the pause that people take when struggling with mental health and they choose to continue their life), she did so thanks to her mom’s encouragement. “I struggled a lot ...
The Perfect Note
by Cathy Deutsch Photography by Justin Negard Bob Mullins was not a coffee drinker, and he was well into his mid 30’s before he even tasted it. Shortly after his second son was born, Mullins began working two jobs – midnight to 6:00 a.m. loading trucks at Otto Brehm in Yonkers and a day job at the Bank of New ...
How To Wire Your Home
By Justin Negard Electricity is something we take for granted. It’s always there. One flick of the switch and…let there be light. And yet, for safety and convenience, it’s something everyone should give more consideration to. Is the wiring in our home safe? Is it efficient? Are we optimizing the technology in our home? We spoke to three different experts ...
