000 B.C.E. The use of peppermint has been traced back to ancient Chinese and Japanese medicine. Even the name “mint” comes from ancient Greek mythology: the story of Minthe tells of a water nymph who was transformed into this sweet-smelling plant by the goddess Persephone after an ...
A trip to Broadway yielded opportunities to see Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in The Music Man [below right] in its opening week, Wicked a second time, and Hadestown featuring the last regular performance of Amber Gray as Persephone. The Music Man was so delightful as Jackman and Foster ...