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Sculpting Glass with Volcanic Ash

by Heather Larson

An audience at the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center near Toutle, Wash., watches as glassblower Lloyd Gladson, 40, gently rolls his blowpipe

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

Talking with Your Kids about School

by Denise Mann

Julie Kravetz, 39, a divorced mother of two, learned how to talk to her 5-year-old daughter, Mia, about her school day through trial and error.

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

Green Tomato Casserole

by Sylvia L. Bazor

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

Exercise Your Lungs

by Denise Mann

Michael Asarch, 47, spent 20 years building swimming pools for a living. Now, instead of building pools, he swims in one three times a week to exercise his lungs and improve his breathing.

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

Welcome to Graceland

by Alanna Nash

This week's cover story: Elvis's followers keep his memory alive especially when they visit Graceland.

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 8/31/2008

Appeared In the 8/31/2008 issue

by Marti Attoun

Guy Leverett pilots his 37-foot trawler slowly across the harbor in Charleston, S.C., enjoying the afternoon sunshine as a dolphin swims a few feet away in the boat's wake.

Appeared In the 8/24/2008 issue

Alaska's Halibut Hub

by Stuart Englert

Jerry Saunders, 72, threads a herring onto a 3-inch hook and throws the bait over the side of his boat in Kachemak Bay near Homer, Alaska

Appeared In the 8/24/2008 issue

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto with Bowtie Pasta

by Kathy Dicharo

Appeared In the 8/24/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 8/24/2008

Appeared In the 8/24/2008 issue

Taekwondo's Triple Threat

It was a stunning display of universal respect and admiration.

Appeared In the 8/17/2008 issue

Honoring His Mom's Memory

by Alan Ross

A Polish immigrant, Emily Krzyzewski didn’t go to high school and worked late at night cleaning office buildings in downtown Chicago

Appeared In the 8/17/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 8/17/2008

Appeared In the 8/17/2008 issue

Crafting Fishing Rods

by Marjie McGraw

Myrna Hilgart, 55, carefully inspects a fishing rod at her worktable at the St. Croix Rod Co. in Park Falls, Wis.

Appeared In the 8/13/2008 issue

Fiddlin' into the Future

by M.B. Roberts

Many Americans dream of the day they will be able to retire. Not Charlie Daniels.

Appeared In the 8/13/2008 issue

Energizing a School

by Vicki Cox

Rising 213 feet into the air, the wind turbine towers over the football field at Bureau Valley High School near Manlius, Ill. (pop 355).

Appeared In the 8/10/2008 issue

Veggie U

by Catharine Powers

An Ohio farm family touts the wonders of vegetables

Appeared In the 8/10/2008 issue

Summer Salads and Sandwiches

Appeared In the 8/10/2008 issue

Teaching for Generations

by Marti Attoun

Naomi May, 89, sits at a pint-sized table with kindergartener Monce Jasso and holds up flashcards with the words blue, hot and seven.

Appeared In the 8/10/2008 issue

Ask American Profile 8/10/2008

Appeared In the 8/10/2008 issue

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