Dear Reader
For me, change is in the air.
The snow is thawing in the town where Susan and I are living. We both got vaccinated (I’ve never been so happy to have type 1 diabetes, which qualified me for early shots). And by the time you read this, our daughter will have been married, surrounded by family, on a Mexican beach. Hooyah! This spirit of change and joy has struck too. In this issue,
RD you’ll find new sections meant to delight you as much as tossing rice at your grinning daughter—i.e., a lot.
A knowledge quiz. Sharpen your pencils. Brain Games now features “Fact or Fiction” (page 117) to test your recall and worldliness in equal measure. I scored six and got the bonus question only by cheating and consulting 13 Things on page 40. May you do better.
A new health section. You already know RD’S sister site, thehealthy.com. Now we’re curating its content into The Healthy (page 53), full of advice, first person narratives, and medical news.
Where, Oh Where? There’s nothing like seeing a gorgeous photograph (like the one above) shot somewhere in America and wanting—no, needing
to know where the heck it was taken. We turn that irresistible sensation into a visual quiz (page 38).
Smile-inducing news. editors
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here and around the world are always finding never-before-seen examples of charity and ingenuity. We’re rolling them into A World of Good (page 18).
Animal stories! Because who can resist? To continue the celebration of our animals’ ability to bond, Best Pet Pals (page 44) will spotlight one priceless submission to our contest.
Finally, on page 1, we introduce
RD’S new tagline: “A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World.” As always, we hope to be that friend who brings fun ideas to your kitchen table, who helps everyone laugh and cry together about what makes us all human. Write to let me know whether our new bits get us nearer that goal. And
thanks for reading!