Drop-off sites for Plant a Row for the Hungry
Tuesday is the last day to donate extra vegetables and fruit from your garden to someone in need through Plant a Row for the Hungry. Here are sites that accept donations:• Crown Point Ecology Center,...
View ArticleCooler weather perfect for practicing insect photography: Plant Lovers’ Almanac
I had the opportunity to teach a two-day Garden and Insect Photography workshop at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron earlier this month. What a great experience.As a macro photographer, I love...
View ArticleOwner can curb a dog’s destructive habits with desensitization
Q: We adopted a 1-year-old flat-coat retriever four years ago. He is a great dog, but when we leave him home alone, he gets into (and sometimes destroys) anything that has a food scent such as my...
View ArticlePet Place
Kitten Krazy Open House — Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at 910 Lake Road, Medina. See new cat adoption center with many free-roaming areas to sit and play with kitties and choose a pet. Raffles, free cat...
View ArticleReligion notes — week of Sept. 27
Here is a weekly listing of religious events and news in the Akron area.EventsThe Barberton Gallery of Fine Arts — 33 Third St. SE, Suite 103, Barberton. 2 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The Saint Pio Mission...
View ArticleVirus probed in paralysis cases in 9 Colorado kids
NEW YORK: Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Medina funny man raises money for Down syndrome
Kids are funny. Heck, an old television show, Kids Say the Darndest Things, was conceived because of the hysterical stuff that spills out of the mouths of babes.And it doesn’t matter if it’s a...
View ArticleWant your tulips to come back? Here’s how
If you want tulips, the gardening wisdom goes, you have to plant new ones every fall.Most tulips make a big spring splash and then peter out. They might not return at all, or they’ll send up some puny...
View ArticleHow to help a loved one facing cancer — and what not to do
“It will make you stronger.”“You’re going to lose your hair?”“My friend had cancer 10 years ago and they did this treatment and she was a hot mess.”It seems even people with the best intentions...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Tomatoes pair perfectly with grilled steak
The season for richly colored, naturally juicy and ripe tomatoes is fleeting.Grilled Steak and Tomatoes is a swan song to the waning days of summer. It’s also a simple grilled meal with a lot of...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of Sept. 28
The Big RevivalKenny Chesney Kenny Chesney took a year off before recording The Big Revival, and it shows. Cohesive in scope, The Big Revival suggests the veteran country star is determined to extend...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘Civil War Soldiers of Greater Cleveland,’ ‘Dress Up,’ ‘Rescue...
Though all of the soldiers whose letters are excerpted in Civil War Soldiers of Greater Cleveland: Letters Home to Cuyahoga County did their bit, they had differing views on the war, race relations and...
View ArticleColorful, multicultural Curacao favors Dutch roots with Caribbean flair
WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO: It looks like Amsterdam. Or a little bit like South Beach in Miami.With its waterfront and fairy tale-colored colonial buildings, Willemstad shares some similarities with the Dutch...
View ArticleTrendy barre workout combines ballet, Pilates, yoga
There is no shortage of ballet, yoga and Pilates studios. But now, barre studios are appearing, advertising a trendy new type of workout that combines the grace of ballet, the core strength of Pilates...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Pull-ups OK for away-from-home training
Q: My 23-month-old son does well with potty training when we’re at home. We use a “potty bell” and he goes every 90 minutes or so.When we’re away from home, however, he seems clueless. He pees in his...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of Sept. 28
Consignment sales better with a planWith the coming of fall, expect weekends to offer great consignment sales on everything from kidswear to children’s toys and accessories. Here are ways to make the...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in the Sky: Astronomy for October
Next month brings us two eclipses: a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 23, and a total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8. In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, the moon will begin to enter the lighter penumbra of...
View ArticleGladys Knight uses her voice to evangelize for the Mormon Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has an intriguing evangelization tool — Gladys Knight, the legendary Grammy Award-winning soulful female vocalist.“Sister Knight,” as she is...
View ArticleStars attend Gaultier’s final ready-to-wear show
PARIS: It was adieu to Jean Paul Gaultier’s ready-to-wear.The one-time enfant terrible, who turned fashion on its head and Madonna’s bra into a feminist symbol, gave his last curtain call Saturday to a...
View ArticleU.S. doctor exposed to Ebola virus admitted to NIH
Associated PressWASHINGTON: An American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone has been admitted for observation at The National Institutes of Health near the...
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