Word: helene
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After retiring in 1990, Charles and Helen Short did something they had talked about for years. They packed a tent and headed south from their Rochester, N.Y., home to camp, hike and enjoy some sunshine. On their way to the Gulf Coast, the Shorts stopped at a state park in Hattiesburg, Miss., where a camp ranger regaled them for hours about the town. As a result, they never did get to the coast. But five years later, having returned to that same park every year on vacation, the Shorts came back to Hattiesburg for good. "Going home that fourth year...
...some research of your own. The Shorts suggest making good use of area shops, attending the local church or clubs you'll probably join, and talking to current residents. Above all, they advise, enjoy yourself. "Some people look at so many places, it becomes a stressor," says Helen. As the Shorts discovered, when you've found your spot, you'll find a way to stay...
...Woman: An Intimate Geography, by Natalie Angier, a science writer for the New York Times. There are other female-positive books hitting the stores, like Dianne Hales' thoughtful and eloquent Just Like a Woman: How Gender Science Is Redefining What Makes Us Female (just published by Bantam) and anthropologist Helen Fisher's The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Will Change the World (due from Random House in May). But it's Angier, who has already won a solid reputation (and a Pulitzer Prize) at her day job, who most decisively lifts the concept...
...actual work for the University is so overwhelming that it's very hard to do anything during term time but teach and perform your University service," says Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler. "It is rare to have a weekend to begin an article or anything like that during term time...
Elisa F. New, a University of Pennsylvania English professor, was first introduced to the work of Porter University Professor Helen Vendler as a first-year at Brandeis University. Years after her days as an undergraduate, New will soon be able to call Vendler a colleague, having recently accepted a position as tenured professor in the Harvard English Department...