Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Kay Lazar Globe Staff April 06, 2019 It was around midnight when the 14-year-old boy climbed into the back seat of a state social worker’s car last fall, clutching a grocery bag stuffed with what clothes he could grab on the way out of his house.The worker, who had just whisked the boy away from his drug-addicted parents near Worcester, dreaded the youth’s inevitable question.“What’s going to happen to me?” the teen asked. Advertisement The social worker wished he had an answer. Because of a severe shortage of foster families in Massachusetts, he had nowhere to take the teenager. So he began driving laps up and down Route 9, trying to reassure the boy, waiting for a call that an emergency foster home was open. He watched helplessly as an unmistakable look fell over the boy’s face: Maybe no one wants me. Get Metro Headlines … [Read more...] about In state’s broken foster system, some kids can’t find a bed for the night
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The best bedding of 2019
Reviewed Staff Published 2:41 PM EST Jan 23, 2019 — Our editors review and recommend products to help you buy the stuff you need. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today’s newsroom and any business incentives. Are your sheets old and not comfy? Your pillow is a rock? Comforter itchy and worn? If any combination of those is you, chances are you're probably not getting a great night's sleep. Now at Reviewed, we can't actually help you sleep, but we can help point you in the direction of some products that potentially can. We've taken the time to review the best sheets, comforters and pillows for you to rest your head (and your entire body). So kick off your shoes, lay back and relax with the best bedding of 2019. 1. The best bed sheets: The Brooklinen Luxe Core sheet set Here’s the skinny on our top bed sheets sheets. Each … [Read more...] about The best bedding of 2019
Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: You never really appreciate your comfy bed until it’s gone
By Marla Jo Fisher | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: September 19, 2018 at 7:05 am | UPDATED: September 19, 2018 at 7:05 am A few days ago, I was sound asleep, minding my own business, when I was awakened by a thump and a crash. Even though I was still struggling up from a deeply satisfying dream about sailing in the Mediterranean with George Clooney, it didn’t take me long to grasp the idea that the noise came from my own bed, which had just collapsed and left me sprawled in disarray with my head suddenly lower than my feet. I immediately ran back to college and got a degree in engineering, so I was able to figure out that something supporting my mattress had just given way, but I was in that groggy state where you just turn over and go back to sleep unless a bucket of water is actively pouring down on you. I figured whatever it was, it would still be broken in the morning. Sure enough, when I pulled off the mattress, I discovered the metal beam that ran … [Read more...] about Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: You never really appreciate your comfy bed until it’s gone
Confessions of a semi-reformed vanlifer
The Chronicle has launched a new weekly Travel newsletter! Sign up here. Enter your email at the top and check the box marked “Travel.” The #VanLife movement, popularized on social media in recent years, is a bit of a mirage. The glitzy pictures shared on Instagram and Snapchat usually depict a handsome young couple relaxing in an exotic locale. He’s playing a ukulele, sporting a scruffy beard and an open flannel shirt, sunset blazing in the background. She’s a stunning brunette, practicing yoga on a white sand beach, wearing a skimpy bikini. The dream is simple: Sell everything you have. Buy a nifty Volkswagen camper. Spend your days in blissful drift, traveling the road while working remotely — if at all. The best #VanLifers, as they’re known, find sponsors who bankroll their adventures in return for pimping propane stoves, puffy down jackets and mountain bikes. It’s an escapist fantasy playing out for a select few. For the rest of us, … [Read more...] about Confessions of a semi-reformed vanlifer
Giddy Up, Girlfriend!
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Style Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today's Paper Advertisement Supported by Loving horses might insulate you from all the manure on the internet. ByGray Chapman July 26, 2018 LEXINGTON, Ky. — In an intimate afternoon ceremony on a sunny Friday in July, a dappled gray gelding and his bay bride, swathed in a gown of artificial hydrangea petals, were wed by a steer wearing clerical vestments. Those present for the vows exchange included a chestnut ring bearer, a “flower filly” and friends Bella Bernaiche of Marshall, Mich., and Georgia Padgett of Saluda, S.C., both 14, who coordinated the ceremony together. The most striking part of the tableau wasn’t that the bride, groom and officiant were inhuman, but that they were inanimate: made of plastic, measuring roughly six inches high from hoof to wither. Welcome to Breyerfest, a treasured summer rite for … [Read more...] about Giddy Up, Girlfriend!