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Editor’s note: This column ran earlier this week in both the Western Weekly and Eastern Observer newspapers. You are a citizen of the United...

Editor's note: Part 1 of this two-part series published last week and is available online at www.inforum.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/4334804-planning-and-persistence-how-win-war-weeds....

Baking is one of my passions, and I am always looking for an excuse to don my apron, heat up my oven and put my mixer to work. And when that...

I always look forward to writing these columns. They've been free license for me to praise my son, revel in the everyday joys of parenting or...

One of the best pieces of advice I heard about gardening is to grow what you like. Simple enough. But I didn't always do that. I would grow...

Just kidding of course, I'm really a middle class wine drinker — somewhere above the $15 price point, and around or below the $30 bottle....

All last winter I kept hearing about this amazing English Muffin Toasting Bread my parents were making while wintering in sunny Florida. Unable...

I hope you had time for a summer road trip with wide open spaces, vast starry skies and new experiences. And as you headed toward home late at...

A few summers ago, instead of planting our own garden, we joined a local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and began receiving weekly boxes...

Brace yourself — we're about to debunk one of life's most revered proverbs. It's long been said that money can't buy happiness. That's...

As fall hits, millions of Americans immerse themselves in all things pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice mania began in 2003, when Starbucks introduced...

"Please enjoy these fresh pickles. Your food will be out shortly," the server said as she placed a plate of cucumber slices in front of us. They...

Students enrolled in my PLSC 307 class about wine must be 21 to enroll, and taking it will not make them 'wine snobs'. They will, instead, have...

When our 12-year-old son, Gio, suggested last spring that we should plant potatoes in our garden, I thought he was crazy. Undeterred by my skepticism,...

My son went back to school a few weeks ago, and his classroom is filled to the brim with books. One of his first tasks was to choose two books...