In an age when words travel faster than understanding, language demands more care than ever. Words document what happened, imagine what could be, and set the terms for how we interpret the world we inhabit. They can clarify history or distort it, deepen understanding or oversimplify it. It’s easy to forget how much weight a single sentence can hold.
Tod Goldberg is grinning, eager to tell me about the ashes of a rock star’s mother. He won’t let me print the rocker’s name — “I’ll get in trouble,” he warns — but that detail isn’t important anyway. What matters is that these ashes have been sitting for decades in a law firm’s safe deposit box, tucked away with all the other things the wealthy and powerful don’t want the feds to see.
Long before she stepped into a professional kitchen, Nyitre Rodgers already had a guiding culinary philosophy. At dinner one night in Aruba with friends, she watched a companion push ingredients from her entrée to the side, as if removing the decoration.
Palm Springs Air Museum Backs Search for Amelia Earhart
Deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, the rainforest swallows history whole. Rusted fuselages and twisted propellers hide beneath vines so dense that even a B-17 bomber can disappear in the tangle. “You can’t believe how overgrown it is until you’re there,” says aviation researcher Michael Carra, who has spent years hacking through this terrain in search of downed aircraft and their ghosts.
The Art of Desert Living, According to Cindy Crawford
She’s influenced fashion and pop culture for decades. Now, Cindy Crawford channels that same discipline into mindful living. At her desert home, she prioritizes slowing down, embracing the moment, and lounging poolside with her favorite people.
Once used only as an anesthetic, ketamine is now among the fastest-acting tools in mental healthcare. Administered in small, controlled doses, it is primarily used by people struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD. Unlike traditional antidepressants that work on serotonin or dopamine, ketamine targets glutamate, the brain’s primary messenger, involved in about 90 percent of all brain activity — it plays a big role in mood, memory, and learning.
Therapy can be a lifeline. But with options ranging from CBT and EMDR to high-tech treatments like MeRT and ketamine therapy, finding the right fit can feel overwhelming. So where do you begin?
According to Dr. Dakota Carter, a psychiatrist at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage, it starts with showing up for an assessment — not to commit to medication or a specific treatment plan, but to open a dialogue.
If traditional therapy isn’t working, Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT) may offer a literal spark of hope.
“MeRT uses magnetic pulses to gently stimulate underperforming areas of the brain,” says Dr. Jeralyn Brossfield, functional medicine specialist and founder of the Brain Treatment Center in Rancho Mirage.
Former Miss Palm Springs Vicki McDermott Stars in Chazlyn Boot Campaign
It’s a crisp, cobalt-skied afternoon at Spencer’s Restaurant in Palm Springs, and Vicki McDermott is midstory. She’s laughing about the time she accidentally whacked a city councilman in the head with a shovel during a photo-op: “It wasn’t my fault! They told me to throw the shovel over my shoulder!” The next moment, she’s sharing stories about Modernism Week parties and that time Spencer’s Restaurant hired her to do some redecorating — after hours, so they never missed a dinner service.
How Architect Robert Stone Is Changing the Palm Springs Modernism Narrative
Robert Stone isn’t here to play the nostalgia game. He grew up in Palm Springs, yes, but not in the Rat Pack fantasy version that shows up on souvenir coasters. His dad built houses throughout the Coachella Valley: clean-lined, sun-bleached, quintessential desert. The family lived in a revolving door of them, often packing up and moving on as soon as the next one was ready.
