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I love pooping outside. One morning in Alaska, a humpback whale breached offshore just as I squatted with my pants around my ankles. Another morning, in Idaho, I watched hummingbirds sip nectar from wildflowers as I crouched at the edge of a meadow. And at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I sat on a groover as the sun painted the canyon walls a glowing red. Each time, I dutifully followed Leave No Trace principles, which maintain that except in especially sensitive ecosystems like deserts or river corridors, the best practice for disposing of human waste in the wilderness is to...

I decided to order a swing set as a rather last minute gift for Peter’s first birthday and I wanted to find something simple and affordable that would more or less blend in to our newly renovated backyard. My mom was the one who cautioned me against ordering anything too elaborate (there are some truly beautiful high-end swing sets out there!), saying that our swing set growing up was a novelty item that my siblings and I quickly tired of and so it ultimately did little more than kill the grass underneath it. So I set out to find an...

Lillian’s fried-clam recipe (egg wash before breading, for “crunchification”) vs. Bob’s original (no eggwash). Meredith Perdue The parking lot at Bob’s Clam Hut on U.S. Route 1—where the view is of pines and marshes but also the Nine West outlet across the street—is packed with cars hailing from Maine down to Florida. It’s another bustling Kittery day, and outlet shoppers are loading up on discount sneakers and enamel cookware, enough to stoke an appetite for fried clams and lobster rolls. So even though the weather is cold and the sky is a dull milky gray, there’s a line at the walk-up...

I decided to order a swing set as a rather last minute gift for Peter’s first birthday and I wanted to find something simple and affordable that would more or less blend in to our newly renovated backyard. My mom was the one who cautioned me against ordering anything too elaborate (there are some truly beautiful high-end swing sets out there!), saying that our swing set growing up was a novelty item that my siblings and I quickly tired of and so it ultimately did little more than kill the grass underneath it. So I set out to find an...

When you hear the word wellness, what might spring to mind is a serene woman wearing yoga pants, sipping a green juice and buying a vagina-scented candle. It's an aspirational image created by the likes of Goop, the lifestyle and wellness empire founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow--and one that may alienate anyone who doesn't fit...