Sir Elton John has millions of fans all over the world, but few of them as devoted as a young girl who first heard his music more than 30 years ago. In 1992, Brandi Marie Carlile was a kid living in a single-wide trailer in rural Washington State, and to her, Elton John was everything. … Read more
In late 2024, shortly before a ceasefire curbed the violence in Gaza, I was on a monthlong medical mission to Al-Aqsa Hospital, in central Gaza, lending my emergency-medicine expertise to local doctors. Most of these doctors were displaced themselves, their homes destroyed, but they continued to show up at the emergency department as volunteers. Almost … Read more
If you’re a fellow Zillow doom-scroller, you’ve probably noticed that home prices rise over time. Sometimes the cost of housing skyrockets during economic booms or dips during downturns, but generally, home prices go up a few percentage points a year. My husband and I had put off buying our “forever home” for some time, holding … Read more
