Category: Feature Writing
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2022 HGTV Dream Home Review + 5 Ways to Get the Look
Every year, HGTV designs and gives away a dream home as part of a sweepstakes. Set in the forested mountains of Vermont, this year’s HGTV Dream Home combines the best of mid-century modern silhouettes, rustic textures, and industrial accents for a visually stunning design. Unfortunately, only one family can ultimately win and live in the […]
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Hygge Interior Design: Creating a Cozy Hygge Home Year-Round
Although Hygge is an experience that can’t be bought or forced, it can be cultivated, according to Danish citizen Louise. As a lover of all things hygge, Louise shared some of her advice on how to bring the true meaning of hygge to our homes.
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Young Widows and Widowers Open Up About Dating, Remarrying in the Church
Hanging in Tammy Hill’s home are three photographs: one of Tammy and Mark Mulford on their wedding day, one of Jeffrey and Juanita Hill on their wedding day, and one of Jeffrey and Tammy with their combined family of 12 children. Written in vinyl lettering on the wall beside the images are the words “All […]
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Pregnant and Widowed at 21: A Latter-day Saint Woman’s Story
Kyra* knew something was wrong as soon as she turned on the lights and saw her husband, lying still in bed. “That moment is forever ingrained in my head, seeing that he just didn’t look right, that he wasn’t there. Something was wrong,” she says. “There are no words to describe that moment.” A Fairytale Gone […]
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Biology professor wanders through madness, fiction, science
Steve Peck remembers his week of horror vividly: the giant insects flying around the hospital, his daughter’s innocently hand-drawn pictures that took life and began speaking to him, the evil clones of his wife and children conversing right outside his door. To Peck, it was all real, and the madness had narrative and twisted explanations. […]
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Extreme Cammock King: Man Takes Hammocks and Camping to the Extreme
There’s camping, there’s hammocking, and then there’s cammocking—that is, opting for a hammock while camping. Then, of course, there’s extreme cammocking: suspending a 2,000 square foot hammock of weaved rope over a 400-foot canyon. These woven hammock-like nets are also known as space nets. To Andy Lewis, they’re called thug mansions because, like a 2Pac […]
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BYU chemistry professor trains police on critical thinking
Provo Police Chief John King never planned on partnering with a chemistry professor to teach critical thinking courses. That is, until BYU’s Brian Woodfield approached King and asked if Woodfield could train Provo City Police.
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NASA flight surgeon researches effects of space travel on human body
Blake Chamberlain has one of the most unique jobs in the solar system. The BYU alumnus is a NASA flight surgeon, a physician who trains with and monitors astronauts’ health both in and out of space. Keeping an astronaut happy and healthy in space comes with its own unique challenges. Chamberlain said astronauts need to work out […]