I turned 50 during the pandemic and, like most people, I put off all nonessential health care, including my shingles vaccine. Big mistake. When the telltale red bumps of shingles cropped up on my face ...

A coyote darted out in front of us and sort of stood in the road there staring right at me, in my headlights, on a still, moonless night. The light reflected back to me through her eyes. I swerved to ...