An equestrian star returns
She’s had a big international career as an equestrian. But Alice Debany-Clero still thinks of Old Salem Farm as home.
Triple challenge in the time of COVID
A revamped, post-COVID Triple Crown series may make for more competitive fields this year.
Lessons from the Land of the Thunder Dragon
In his 1933 novel “Lost Horizon,” James Hilton sets his Shangri-La — the remote Himalayan utopia that his main character discovers, loses and seeks to regain — in Tibet.
Aspects of grief
At a time when we’ve lost so many of our countrymen through the coronavirus and police violence against blacks, we asked psychotherapist Asha Tarry to talk to us about how to grieve those losses.
Taking a knee for social justice
Colin Kaepernick took the supplicating gesture of genuflection and turned it into a protest movement.
The need to lead
Great civilizations rest on the shoulders of great leaders, but in the end, that leadership may not stem the tide of history. And yet without real leadership, nations have little chance to survive – and thrive.
Statues of limitations
Experts say that we must put controversial monuments in the context of their times. But it’s one thing to study the past, another to celebrate it.
What price education?
Early this month, Connecticut and New York will make their decisions regarding the reopening of schools – as fraught a subject as any related to the coronavirus.
‘Primary’ care from Valmont
The latest in Valmont’s stable of luxuriously radiant skincare products is the brand’s first microbiome-balancing line designed for any age, gender and skin type.
EDITOR’S LETTER
In this a year with a double number, we present our first double issue, “Visionary Journeys,” combining June’s traditional journeys with July’s hospitality.
Reinventing our year of magical thinking
2020 was going to be the year of magical thinking. How’s that working for you?
The ‘Passages’ of his life
Norwalk artist Thomas S. Berntsen finds the center to the labyrinth of his life in his sculptures.
Seniors strong
As her travel agency pivots during and post-COVID-19, The Upper Class’ Brooke Lawer draws strength from the senior citizens she serves.
An appetite for travel
Travel the world in your kitchen with Naya Traveler’s online recipe book.
Hiking smooth and rocky trails
A rough start in life gave Carly Fisher the impetus for a career as a food and travel writer, one whose new book centers on the Hudson Valley and the Catskills.
Healing others – and himself
As a top neurosurgeon in the metropolitan area, Ezriel E. Kornel, M.D. has not been on the frontlines of the battle against the coronavirus the way emergency room physicians, epidemiologists and virologists have. But that did not prevent his own brush with COVID-19.
Still riding the big one
In “Wave Woman,” surfing champion Vicky Heldreich Durand pays tribute to the sport, Hawaii and her mother, surfing champion Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt.
Getting her goat (in the best possible way)
Growing up in Crestwood, Meagan Frederick wanted to be Snow White and surround herself with woodland creatures. She got her wish, so to speak.
Cooking with ‘Verve’
Jacquie Lewis, Jules Vertrees and Sarah Laping Garland are three women with verve — Verve Culture, that is.
Editor’s letter
“You can’t always get what you want,” The Rolling Stones sang. “But sometimes, you get what you need.”