Bat Appreciation Day, April 17 — Progress: A tiny bat and many humans drink to success
Here’s your good news story from the animal kingdom today: the lesser long-nosed bat is thriving. In fact, you might want to raise a toast to the little…
Month: April 2019
Help for those scraggly petunias
Petunias are a popular choice in the backyard garden or as hanging plants because of their array of bright colors and ability to bloom throughout the…
What can be done about plastic?
Although “Plastics” may have represented the future as envisioned by the adults doling out advice to a young Dustin Hoffman in the movie The Graduate,…
Write your memoirs for people 100 years from today
The people who most want to know your life story aren’t born yet. In fact, they won’t be born for generations. So you may as well not worry if your…
How to put your life story in print
So you’ve written your life story for the family. Does it stay on your computer or do you want it published in a beautiful hardcover book to distribute as…
Many types of books tell family history
If your goal in publishing a memory book is to tell family history, there are many approaches. A basic book might start with a family group and in…
Family-friendly board games to go big into AR
Fun for the family or parties, the favorite drawing game Pictionary is going high tech this year. In June, Mattel is expected to introduce an Augmented…
Your gamer kid could make skills pay off
We usually work to limit our kids’ screen time, but what if that time spent on video games could actually earn your teen a college scholarship? It’s true:…
Easter baskets can have less candy, more fun
We do love our sugar, and barely a month goes by without some holiday giving us a reason to indulge (Halloween in October, Valentine’s Day in February,…
How old is that tree? Find out without cutting
Did that grand white oak tree in the woods live through the Civil War? That would be 159 years ago. A white oak can live up to 300 years. So it’s…