I am writing this from a Denny’s in Lost Hills, California. The car I was riding in broke down - smoke and everything - and I’m about to spend the night at a Motel 6. The weather outside is 90 degrees ...

A long row of books stretches atop the upper cabinets on one wall of Haneen Matt’s recently redesigned kitchen in Canton. Separated by the stove hood, they’re all various shades of green and for good ...