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DEIRDRE FULTON

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Pick what you eat

Fans of organic food: Stop talking, start weeding
In just a few hours, go beyond the agri-tourism of picking berries or apples, and actually learn something about the land.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | August 20, 2008

Scarred for life

Writing through the pain of self-harm
There’s evidence that blogging is not merely comforting, but healthy.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 10, 2008

Small presses

Big ideas, and a match made in heaven
Rose Metal Press focuses on unique, non-traditional literary forms such as flash fiction, prose poetry, or novels-in-verse.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 11, 2008

It's easy staying green

New England offers a variety of eco-friendly lodging options
This summer, don't leave home without your environmentalism.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 09, 2008

Turn and face the strange

What would you do to find the perfect mate?
On Delia’s Web site, overly fast typist “Dptanimal” writes: “THE PERFECT WOMAM —– THE ONE YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH !!!”

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 13, 2008

Scared green

Devra Davis’s cancer book
Even when we’re aware of some level of health risk involved in our mundane daily activities, we tend to ignore it.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 27, 2007

Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles — and fighting God’s war on pop culture
Young Laurel Templeton spends her summer vacation “kidnapped by five cyborg flies and shrunk down to insect size so [she can] travel back in time with them to save the world from an evil spider.” You know, typical stuff.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 10, 2007

Prudish publication makes its debut

Return to modesty
You won’t see any bikinis in Eliza’s swimsuit spread, just one-pieces and a few belly-covering tankinis.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 10, 2007

Environmentally yours

Two new takes on global warming
Environmental interest groups, Shellenberger and Nordhaus claimed, simply don’t dream big enough to address the multifaceted monster that is global warming.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 24, 2007

Imitation and flattery

Nation building
If the replica Green Monster, Citgo sign, and Coke bottles at the Sea Dogs’ Hadlock Field don’t sufficiently feed your Red Sox fever, don’t fret.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 13, 2007

It’s a woman’s right to choose

Five new methods of birth control explained
Sorry guys, this one’s for the girls.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 18, 2007

Good eatin’

Barbara Kingsolver grows her own
In 2005, author Barbara Kingsolver moved her family from Tucson to a farm in Virginia to embark on a year-long experiment of returning to nature.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 27, 2007

NAScar-bon neutral?

Motor sports make an improbable environmentalist example
Anyone trying to get their minds around the complicated puzzles of greenhouse gases and global warming can learn a thing or two by watching how motor sports are adapting to the growing pressure to become eco-friendly.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 30, 2007

The song remains the same

Did last weekend’s march on Washington mark a new surge in street activism or the waning of an old-school protest style?
At one point early on in last weekend’s anti-war rally in Washington, DC, a speaker instructed the crowd, which was facing en masse toward the Capitol Building, to turn around and look in the other direction — toward the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, and the Pentagon — and then to turn back around. Slideshow: Images from the January 27th march on Washington, DC. Photos by Matthew Craig

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | January 31, 2007

James’s Gate free-form pasta

Free to be delicious
The entrée, which arrives in a sizeable bowl, is one long sheet of pasta that’s wrapped around, and surrounded by, various veggies, spices, and sauce.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 28, 2006

Beaches are good for the soul

Whether you want to relax or act up, there’s a New England beach just for you
A day at the beach offers the ultimate sensual experience, and it’s not just because everyone shows up half-naked. Summer Guide 2006: Cheap thrills from Bar Harbor to New Haven.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 14, 2006

Natural selections

New England's nude beaches
If your goal is to feel the sea air and salt water against every centimeter of your bare skin, your pickings are rather slim in New England, where nude beaches are few and far between. Summer Guide 2006: Cheap thrills from Bar Harbor to New Haven.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 14, 2006