Nobody looks like themselves being told to stand still and smile. Five things a decade of teaching yoga taught me about getting a real one.

You almost certainly don't need to buy anything for this. What actually works out here in the fall, the four things I'd skip, and the one thing to let your kids decide.

The light changes here in the second week of September, and it lasts about six weeks. When to reserve, how to work backward from holiday cards, and what each fall month actually looks like on the North Shore.