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Jon Spayde

Saint Paul

Freelance Writer and Contributing Editor at Experience Life

Articles

  • 3 days ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Emily Smith |Jon Spayde |Ashley Neese

    Trauma can be physical, mental, emotional, generational, or institutional. A traumatic experience can be acute or chronic. Examples of trauma include illness, accident, assault, neglect, natural disaster, torture, and war. But even life events that most people welcome, like childbirth, can be traumatic. Without resolution and healing, trauma can persist in our minds as well as our bodies, which remain primed to react long after the original threat has passed.

  • 1 week ago | craftcouncil.org | Jon Spayde

    Opened to the public in June, 2023, the West Wing at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York, has a special room that represents the kind of community outreach that’s very much of the moment in the museum world. The Community & Partnership Gallery is dedicated to presenting themes of interest to the Westchester community and showcasing emerging artists from the region. And according to Karintha Lowe, who programs the space, makers are vital to the effort’s spirit and mission.

  • 2 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Andrew Heffernan |Jon Spayde

    Feeling stumped? Taking a break and going for a walk or heading to the health club may be just what you need to get your creative juices flowing. In a 2014 study, Stanford University researchers tested college students’ creative thinking abilities when walking and sitting. They found their creative output was 60 percent greater while on the move, whether they walked outdoors or indoors.

  • 2 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Heidi Wachter |Jon Spayde

    My Lovely Wife and I earlier this year finally got around to preparing our descendants for our eventual demise by drafting a will, power of attorney, and healthcare directive. We are not normally as forward-looking as we probably should be, so we left the lawyer’s office feeling like responsible adults for a change. But results of the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest that we — and most of our contemporaries — may not be as ready for the end as we think we are.

  • 3 weeks ago | craftcouncil.org | Jon Spayde

    West Coast CraftFort Mason, San Francisco, CaliforniaJune 7–8, 2025Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion will host this craft extravaganza featuring more than 275 artists and vendors. Along with craft items like jewelry by San Francisco–based Natalie Klapper, Hataguchi Collective paper goods, and Jessica Bovert’s fiber works, visitors will be able to sample curry from Curry Up Now, Aki Drinks’ juices, and other edible options.