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Q. My parents are living with significant limitations from severe arthritis, recent surgeries plus the beginning of cognitive problems. My brother and I have been alternating weekdays and weekends...
View ArticleAdd this easy veggie-turmeric pasta recipe to your summer dinner rotation
So you’ve heard of Alfredo sauce and tomato sauce. Heck, you’ve probably also dabbled in pesto and white wine-butter sauce for your pasta. But when was the last time you tried a turmeric sauce? I don’t...
View Article‘Touch’ review: A brief, youthful encounter, rekindled 50 years later
“Touch” operates as an Icelandic “Brief Encounter,” complicated by two things: sexual fulfillment in place of agonized sexual repression and a 50-years-later search for the one who got away. The story...
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‘Two Envelopes’ method aimed to ease tensions when a loved one dies
Rusty Rosman has heard the stories — so many stories — about families feuding after the death of a loved one. Disputes over funeral arrangements, financial considerations and other concerns “add chaos...
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How to make the perfect pierogi at home
Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Olive Visco has always loved to cook the old-school Polish foods she grew up on, sometimes even for friends in her adopted city of...
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Explore the California spot serving up weed country fun the wine country way
Adam Tschorn | Los Angeles Times (TNS) As you drive through some of California’s most storied agricultural land, a few hours north of the Bay Area, you’ll zoom past fields full of plants straining...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for July 13, 2024
General Daily Insight for July 13, 2024 To be polite or honest? With the gentle Moon supporting the communicative Mercury, we’re able to talk about our feelings and extend empathy to the people around...
View ArticleIris Krasnow: Amid global chaos, we need soothing summer more than ever |...
As our world churns and spews stressors on all of us, we have never needed the solace of summer more in our lives. We need the waves of the ocean and pristine cold lakes, the magic of the mountains, we...
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How Baltimore’s old Memorial Stadium lives on
For history detectives who search around the Memorial Stadium site there are visible chunks of concrete, a brick or two and rebar west of third base. It’s a reminder of the Baltimore sports arena that...
View ArticleColumn: Do we need movie stars?
Why aren’t actors like Jon Bernthal, Oscar Isaac and Walton Goggins “the biggest movie stars in the world right now?,” someone wondered on social media recently, comparing their talents to Robert De...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for July 14, 2024
General Daily Insight for July 14, 2024 Dramatic emotions are rising to the surface. With the intuitive Moon moving into secretive Scorpio at 10:53 am EDT, we’re more motivated to keep our feelings...
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James M. ‘Jim’ Gabler, lawyer and author who wrote about Thomas Jefferson’s...
James M. “Jim” Gabler, a Baltimore lawyer and author who wrote widely on Thomas Jefferson’s lust for wine, died June 29 from complications of a stroke at his Jupiter, Florida, home. The former Ruxton...
View Article‘Lady in the Lake’ stars Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram cheer on Orioles in...
“Lady in the Lake” star Natalie Portman joined her co-star and Baltimore native Moses Ingram to cheer on the Orioles at Camden Yards as the team took on the New York Yankees over the weekend. Ingram, a...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for July 15, 2024
General Daily Insight for July 15, 2024 We’re walking a fine line. With the tangle between witty Mercury and serious Saturn, it can be difficult to find a balance between lightening the tension and...
View ArticleAsking Eric: Step-grandmother neglected by grandkids
Dear Eric: My grandchildren are 23 and 18. I married their grandfather before they were born. I always felt like they were my grandchildren and not step-grandchildren. They have lived with their...
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Why “The Bear” is the best TV depiction of a chef’s hectic mind
I have to remind myself to breathe while watching the hit FX show “The Bear.” No, it’s not as intense as watching the final minutes of a Denver Nuggets playoff game or the season finale of “Game of...
View ArticleBlueberry mojitos are the best kind of fruit cocktail
Beth Dooley | Star Tribune (TNS) Blueberries are the taste of summer, intensely tangy and sweet. The epitome of this fleeting season, they make a wonderful drink to sip with friends as the sun sinks...
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Travel: What I’ve seen on 33 cruises I’ve taken since the pandemic
An argument can be made that people in general have become more needy, pushy and demanding than before COVID — that politeness and courtesy seem to be waning in what has become a “me-first” society....
View Article4 must-read Indigenous books for young readers
Chris Hewitt | (TNS) Star Tribune Small publishing houses have known for years there’s an audience for young people’s books by and about Indigenous people. The Minnesota Historical Society, for...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for July 16, 2024
General Daily Insight for July 16, 2024 You’re creating your stability. Thanks to the emotional Moon trining the confident Sun at 11:04 am EDT, healing moments with close friends or family members are...
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