Girl Scouts offering college scholarship
The Girl Scout cookie program gives girls the opportunity to become entrepreneurs, learning skills that will make them valuable members of society. After receiving a donation from council baker...
View ArticleShayne Looper: The astonishingly complex process
I came back from school one day in early September and went to my grandparent's house. I didn't go to our house because my parents were shuttling between home and University Hospital, where my older...
View ArticleDr. Elaine Heffner: Ways we learn
With school starting again, education is front and center. Most everyone has a new teacher, perhaps new students in the class, and some even have a new school. Soon, if not already, there will be...
View ArticleSuzette Martinez Standring: Embrace the empty nest season
Labor Day marks the last summer hurrah for families. Parents of out-of-town college kids teeter on the edge of an empty nest. Tears, goodbye hugs, bittersweet farewells. Separation and full adulthood...
View ArticleBook Notes: A slave’s path to freedom
"The Underground Railroad" By Colson Whitehead. Doubleday, New York, 2016. 306 pages. $26.95.Author Colson Whitehead has said during interviews that he did extensive research before writing his newly...
View ArticleEggplant and tomatoes pair in easy make-ahead summer casserole
Visuals count, especially when appetites wilted by summer heat need a pick-me-up. The look of this eggplant and tomato casserole is just the thing, the glossy purple of the eggplant offset by the red...
View ArticleA new recipe for a new - or old - lunchbox
A new school year often brings new lunchboxes along with the piles of school supplies. You may have seen bento boxes, which are Japanese-style food containers that are divided into compartments.
View ArticleYou've had leafy greens. What about leafy purples?
Years ago, on a day in early February, I visited a French garden that was empty, aside from one astonishing crop. It was the first time I'd ever seen purple Brussels sprouts, and they were a very deep...
View ArticleEnergy Express: 5 Ways to Jump to the Head of the Class
This Labor Day is especially laborious. The fun of summer is over, the stress of presidential politics is curling my hair, and it's time to stow my kayak, sharpen my pencils and head back to school....
View ArticleIn Fashion: The shoe-ins
If you can't wait to pull your boots on and stride into a new fashion season, then you're in luck. The shoe show this fall is one you won't want to miss. From colorful velvet shooties to mod Mary Janes...
View ArticleTales From the Front: The Carton Complex
Ella lives in a cute little apartment. She's been there now for three years. And there's no reason to believe she'll be moving out soon. No job transfer looming. No windfall on the way for a down...
View ArticleTales From the Font: Defying expectations
What's a nice college-educated girl like Remy doing on a barstool in a blue collar tavern shooting the breeze with a bunch of high school graduates and a couple of GED's? Having the time of her life,...
View Article7 cheap and healthy alternatives to foods you love
If you're trying to cut some of the high-calorie and high-sodium foods out of your diet, here are seven healthy food swaps you can make that won't break your budget.
View ArticleTales From the Front: She gave him an education
When P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute," he might have had Jason in mind. Jason is a salesman and a good-time guy. He says his job is to fly around the country and take people to...
View ArticleLost in Suburbia: Getting some skin in the game
As summer winds down, one of the things I can be confident of is that my chances of getting poison ivy go down significantly. For some reason, this is something that seems to be a challenge for me...
View ArticleBreaking Bread: What school lunch is like in 2016
A friend recently shared with me the rules and regulations from her daughter's school regarding food.The letter, two pages long, explains the administration's decision this year to stop offering peanut...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: Causes of condensation in refrigerator can vary
Q: I have a problem with water in all containers in my refrigerator. The Tupperware lettuce container collects water that has to be poured out daily. Bread, buns collect water, any and all containers....
View ArticleIn Good Faith: Washing away the hate
It started out as another beautiful Saturday morning in Lexington, Kentucky. My friend Laurie Brock, an Episcopal priest at St. Michael's Church, took the short walk from the parsonage to the front...
View ArticleIn Good Faith: Washing away the hate
It started out as another beautiful Saturday morning in Lexington, Kentucky. My friend Laurie Brock, an Episcopal priest at St. Michael's Church, took the short walk from the parsonage to the front...
View ArticleMudroom upgrade: Not just the place to stash your boots, but where to go to...
Mudrooms are the ugly ducklings of the home. Purely functional, the dirt and sloppiness are so integrated and expected in this room that "mud" is a part of its very name.
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