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Fixer-Uppers

Fixer-Uppers

In a warehouse strung up with Christmas lights, John Martin is drinking coffee, listening to Drake and doing surgery. His tools are bluntβ€”wrenches and cables and steel nutsβ€”but his patients...

Fixer-Uppers

In a warehouse strung up with Christmas lights, John Martin is drinking coffee, listening to Drake and doing surgery. His tools are bluntβ€”wrenches and cables and steel nutsβ€”but his patients...

Joe Capobianco at Hope Gallery Tattoo

β€˜Too True

The first tattoo Joe Capobianco ever did was a scorpion for one of his oldest friends. β€œI was shaking like a leaf,” he says. That was 24 years ago. Now...

β€˜Too True

The first tattoo Joe Capobianco ever did was a scorpion for one of his oldest friends. β€œI was shaking like a leaf,” he says. That was 24 years ago. Now...

Green House

Green House

When Travis Pittman, founder and owner of The Salad Palace, thinks back to the beginning, he gets a little emotional. β€œWow,” he says, β€œI gotta dig deep.” Pittman was diagnosed...

Green House

When Travis Pittman, founder and owner of The Salad Palace, thinks back to the beginning, he gets a little emotional. β€œWow,” he says, β€œI gotta dig deep.” Pittman was diagnosed...

Unsecret Ingredients

Unsecret Ingredients

In a backyard in Newhallville, Tammy Chapman grows herbs in raised beds. Sage, mint and rosemary do particularly well in our climate, she says. Chapman has always grown β€œa small...

Unsecret Ingredients

In a backyard in Newhallville, Tammy Chapman grows herbs in raised beds. Sage, mint and rosemary do particularly well in our climate, she says. Chapman has always grown β€œa small...

Margaret Middleton

Semper Fi

In recognition of Veterans Day, we’re revisiting this lightly updated story from July 4, 2014. A huge number of military veterans return from war and find a different kind of...

Semper Fi

In recognition of Veterans Day, we’re revisiting this lightly updated story from July 4, 2014. A huge number of military veterans return from war and find a different kind of...

Sarah McLachlan (the dog) at Home of the Dog Wizard

Dog β€˜Dos

Seven years ago, Frank LaSasso says he received a sign from God. He had worked as a car salesman for 25 years before a traumatic motorcycle accident made the long...

Dog β€˜Dos

Seven years ago, Frank LaSasso says he received a sign from God. He had worked as a car salesman for 25 years before a traumatic motorcycle accident made the long...