Modern society tends to fastidiously avoid talking about death in general, but autumn has a special way of bringing about the topic. It’s the season of detritus, as vibrant green leaves fade to shades of red and orange and eventually drop to our feet, where they turn dry and brown and crumble to dust. There’s Halloween […]
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By Jen Hirsch The sounds of rain and bells and the smell of incense and moxa float through the air as Athena Desai palpates the wrist of a patient lying on the table in her small Cambridge office on Arrow Street. She pushes and then is still and pushes again, looking for a change in […]
Local, independent business is alive and well in Harvard Square. So why do we keep reading its obituary?
Deemed “The Case of the Mystery Cover Girl,” Scout’s January/February edition featured a photo from the “(Un)Changing Face of Harvard Square” feature story. Unfortunately, the photo description was left out of the final version of the Table of Contents in error. We sincerely apologize for the error and thank our dedicated readers for informing us. […]