Lifestyles

THANKSGIVING, HALLOWEEN GARDENING By | October 1, 2017
Up the Garden Path By | September 30, 2017
A compendium of some of the weird, wacky and wonderful horticultural happenings from the past month
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Disney jumps into 4K disc market with a bang By | September 29, 2017
With these two releases, Disney has landed firmly, and on both feet, in the 4K UHD HDR market
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You’re An Insolent Jerk! By | September 28, 2017
“Dad, I will not apologize,” she scowled. “Your ‘offend the offender’ classroom strategy is draconian, reprehensible, outmoded, and shameful.” Click, buzz.
Johnny Appleseed - Early American Nurseryman By | September 23, 2017
Chapman also distributed medicinal herbs such as pennyroyal, catnip, horehound, rattlesnake root, wintergreen and mayweed
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Major League Baseball…extend the protective netting so this doesn’t happen to another child By | September 21, 2017
And make it mandatory, not just "guidelines," for all 30 teams. No child should be at risk of what happened at Yankee Stadium last night
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Green-uns By | September 18, 2017
The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock
Goutweed by Any Other Name . . . By | September 16, 2017
Mitch Wolfe Gives Four Thumbs Down to TIFF 2017! By | September 14, 2017
TIFF2017, the absolutely worst TIFF festival in its history
Francis empowers bishops to establish their own liturgical regulations By | September 11, 2017
Vatican bureaucrats should at least have the decency to publish their revolution in their own Esperanto and reserve Latin for the holy things of God.
Seven years in transit(ion) By | September 10, 2017
Can we muster that little seed of Faith God’s given us? I pray that you do
A Host of Golden Daffodils By | September 9, 2017
The Dunleithians By | September 7, 2017
The Dunleithians mustered for war councils once or twice a month, depending on how often their parents allowed them to camp out
Fear, chaos and the kindness of strangers in the eye of Hurricane Harvey By | September 5, 2017
‘Don’t worry, mama, we’ll figure this out’ – a mantra of reassurance and compassion which summed up the sweet nature of the Texans I was lucky to meet
RETAILERS ARE BURSTING WITH BULBS By | September 2, 2017
Questions We're Often Asked: Planting Bulbs
Peggy Pokechop By | August 30, 2017
When it came to poise, manners, and etiquette, no porker outperformed Mademoiselle Pokechop.
Neanderthals By | August 18, 2017
Way out in the farthest, least populated back reaches of the Mississippi Delta, rows of wrecked automobiles, engines, transmissions, and tires crisscrossed a huge junkyard owned by four brothers
Education Created and Promoted Progressivism, ANTIFA, and BLM By | August 17, 2017
Brainwashing of Academia, Hollywood, Communist foreign infiltrators, and the mainstream media
Why durian is the smelly ‘king of fruits’ (video) By | August 15, 2017
The Smell of Durian Explained
Grant Hall and the Fate of Eight Conspirators By | August 10, 2017
Tragic and tumultuous history of our country that forever changed the character of the nation
Natural preservatives on the rise By | August 9, 2017
Consumers want clean labels, but ensuring food safety and shelf life without synthetics is a challenge
Cookin’ And Eatin’ Crawdads By | August 9, 2017
“Ain’t nothing better than cookin’ and eatin’ crawdads.”
Three old dudes go out with a bang - while Unforgettable and Arthur blow up in their own faces By | August 6, 2017
Going in Style, Unforgettable, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Mulling over the aromas of wine By | August 4, 2017
New sensors can detect a compound that affects the smell of red and white wines
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Some As Grace; Some As Mercy By | July 31, 2017
Parents who spend too much time searching the sidewalks of monetary wealth and material gain often end up bereft of those far more valuable “coins” the Lord is always spreading before His children: Some as grace; some as mercy.
American Civil War Museum and Historic Tredegar By | July 28, 2017
The museum had been somewhat sanitized in its revisionist historical opinions presented as a “balanced way to explore the Union, Confederate, and African-American perspectives.
Ghost in the Shell a surprisingly watchable sci-fi Blu-ray disc By | July 28, 2017
It's a shame Ghost in the Shell didn't do better in theatres. It's an interesting story told well, with an exquisite near-future world that's rendered believably. It's also an excellent home theatre experience
The Revolution of Vatican II was Misinterpreted? By | July 25, 2017
The Council called for Mass facing the people, so how is it that the new Mass was implemented against the Council's designs?
Good mood food: A fresh start By | July 24, 2017
Jordan Spieth got his. Where do you need one?
A bigger Kong hits the smaller screen By | July 21, 2017
But put it on, crank up the audio, turn off your brain and have a good time with this lightweight movie about some heavyweight beasts