From thrifting to perusing flea markets to garage sale hunting and joining your local Buy Nothing group, there are plenty of ways to keep your home decor fresh and on-trend on a tight budget. Now, you can add a decor swap to your list of ways to acquire affordable decor. Gather a group of your…
I Tried Dozens of Methods to Clean Kitchen Counters—This Is the One I’m Excited About
A kitchen counter is more than just a surface for cooking and meal preparation. In many homes, the kitchen counter serves as the primary workhorse. It’s where we place the day’s mail and where kids do their homework. It’s also where I fold clothes, daydream, and make big plans. On cooking days, my counters endure…
Wanted: Moral Courage
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare,” wrote Mark Twain more than a century ago. If moral courage means knowing what’s right and both doing it and defending it in spite of fear or obstructions, would you say we’ve improved over the years? My heart wants…
Children’s Books About Storytelling
Storytelling is powerful. Its history stretches back to the earliest days of humanity, and it’s an art form intertwined with the passing down of wisdom and understanding. Our love and need for stories is still alive today, although it may be more clearly seen in our habit of getting drawn into episode after episode of…
A Gift of Summertime
If you’ve vacationed at the shore, then you probably know the routine. Just after dawn, walkers and joggers appear on the beach, sometimes solitary, sometimes with a companion or two. As the morning deepens, adults and children drift out of their rented homes carrying canopies and umbrellas, chairs and towels, and coolers containing snacks and…
Why Fathers Should Take Their Sons Fishing
The first time I went fly fishing with my father, I immediately hooked him through the finger. Neither of us knew what we were doing (obviously), and my first attempt at a cast ended with this minor bloodshed. We worked the hook out, after a bit, though, and no major damage was done. We persevered…
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (July 11)
July 11, 2023
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose $1.84 to $74.83 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose $1.71 to $79.40 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for August delivery rose 5 cents $2.62 a gallon. August heating oil rose 3 cents to $2.58 a gallon. August natural gas rose 6 cents to $2.73 per…
How Major US Stock Indexes Fared July 11
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as investors wait for updates on inflation and corporate profits. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent Tuesday after another quiet day of trading. The Dow rose 316 points, or 0.9 percent, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.6 percent. The week’s main event arrives Wednesday when the government offers the…
Music for Healing: A Houston-Area Concert to Aid the Vaccine Injured
In September 2021, the Houston Symphony issued a side-letter to the contract with its musicians, mandating that any musician not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of the month would be stripped of pay and health benefits. Cellist Jeffrey Butler was one of five musicians who declined to be vaccinated on religious grounds. “Your…
Miss NTD: A Pageant That Reminds Us Why Beauty Matters
The ancients knew that great beauty can just as easily launch a thousand ships and topple a nation as save it—if tempered by morality, righteousness, propriety, benevolence, and faithfulness. These are the values a New York-based pageant seeks to revive. After long hours of intense deliberation, the Miss NTD team has whittled down the number…
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