You don’t need me to tell you about skyrocketing food costs. Over the past couple of years, a trip to the grocery store to pick up eggs, milk, or butter has been breathtaking. The financial strain on consumers has become nearly unbearable. But now the price of some food items is starting to recede. The…
How to Repair Plaster Wall Cracks
Dear James: I have an old house with plaster walls and many cracks that need to be repaired. How can I fix these so they stay fixed and are invisible?—Julianne T. Dear Julianne: Many older houses were built before drywall panels existed, so plaster was one of the few interior wall options. Since your house…
Taking the Kids: A Little History Along With Summer Fun
Theme parks and swimming pools; camping trips, city sights, and a history lesson! Don’t groan. Depending on where you are going this summer, you can effortlessly inject a little American history with the fun, even if the Independence Day celebrations are over. AAA projects “50.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home…
A Tennis Love Match
Get more out of time spent on the tennis court this summer with friends and family with these fun and practical gadgets. (Courtesy of Playsight) A Watchful Eye PlaySight Go Contact for Pricing Having a coach watch as you play is a good way to greatly improve your game. But what if you live in…
Keep Laundry Pods Away From Pets and Children
Q: My cat Milo is a “dog cat”: He comes when I call, fetches small balls, and loves to play with toys. Last week, I caught him batting around a laundry detergent pod. Should I let him play with those things, or are they toxic? A: Laundry detergent pods are so dangerous to pets that…
Biltmore Estate: Where Affluence Abounds
A member of one of America’s most affluent 19th–century families realized his architectural dream in the western North Carolina home he named Biltmore Estate. The name is loosely derived from George Vanderbilt’s Dutch heritage, “Bildt,” referring to a town in Holland; and “more,” an old English word meaning rolling, upland country, refers to the French…
Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa
Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa I’ve been waiting a long time to share this awesome-amazing-delicious Instant Pot Beef Barbacoa recipe with you all. I love pretty much everything about this barbacoa recipe. You’d be hard pressed not to. It’s one of those recipes that will easily capture everyone’s taste buds [and therefore their hearts.] And you’ll probably be…
Electronics Etiquette
As electronics evolve, personal privacy becomes more difficult to protect, and manners become a bit scarcer. Here are a few tips to resolve both issues. Human Interaction It’s too easy to become engrossed in our phones and tablets. Look around any restaurant to see faces aimed at screens, diners oblivious of those seated with them….
Haydn’s Opera ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’
July 6, 2023
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When opera first emerged around the late 16th century, composers and librettists took a special interest in the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. It became the subject of the very first opera, “L’Orfeo,” by Claudio Monteverdi. Since then, composers such as Jacopo Peri and Christoph Willibald Gluck created operas around the mythological figure of Orpheus, an…
The Founding Father’s Guide to Self-Improvement: Ben Franklin’s Daily Planner
Benjamin Franklin’s many achievements as a statesman and scientist grew from his belief in the power of self-improvement. At the age of 20, he began an arduous project of “arriving at moral perfection,” as documented in his autobiography published posthumously in 1791. He was determined to practice 13 virtues that, rotated on a weekly basis,…
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