Linda Slusser

While teaching full-time and dealing with her own rare autoimmune disease, Linda Slusser was the sole caregiver during her mother's twelve-year struggle with Alzheimer's.

Turkey Day Wisdom  • November 20, 2018  •  Issue #1161 EDITOR'S PEN Turkey Day Wisdom Here's hoping you have the best holiday possible—that is having a shame-free, guilt-free, worry-free time and maybe even rest a little. It couldn’t hurt. Let the in-laws share in the cooking details, let your sister have dinner at her place, heck, even order in or go out to a restaurant. Here is a list of principals to ensure a guilt-free holiday: I am entitled to take care of myself. I am worthy of a break.

In the East Asian lunar calendar, it’s the year of the Earth Dog, and in its honor, we’ve assembled some of our favorite works of dog-centric Asian art. According to Chinese astrologers, Dog is a true companion—loyal, honest, intelligent and with a strong sense of right and wrong. (This year’s earth element is reported to make for a gentler dog.) The netsuke—a tiny work of functional art, carved from a variety of materials—is a quintessentially Japanese object.