De-clutter for Christmas; cut stress
Your bedroom closet is already full. Your fridge and cabinets don’t have a lot of room to spare, and neither do your storage closets. And it isn’t even…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Simplify your Christmas feast with a pressure cooker
Pressure cookers aren’t serving up tasteless mush anymore. Today’s electric pressure cookers, such as the ubiquitous Instant Pot, can do it all, and with…
Christmas banned by the no-fun people
It might come as a surprise, but today’s secularists are very much in line with the religious Puritans of the 17th century on the subject of Christmas….
Living nativities demand camels
When it comes to living nativity scenes, nothing makes a splash like a camel. Yes, you have your sheep, and they are fluffy and warm when it is cold…
How Chinese food became a Jewish Christmas tradition
According to one New York rabbi, one question has persisted for as long as Jews lives alongside Christians: What should we do on Christmas? The solution…
How chicken became the Japanese Christmas food
Nothing illustrates the ubiquity of Christmas like how the Japanese do it. Only 1 percent of Japanese people consider themselves Christians. But Christmas…
Fortune cookies didn’t come from China
The minute you munch the last noodle in the chow mein, you are ready for the final act of Chinese dining, at least in Western style. That’s right: It’s…
Prolonged grief disorder classified as official diagnosis
The American Psychiatric Association will add prolonged grief disorder (PGD) to the newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…
Sodium consumption outpaces dietary recommendations
If you don’t watch your salt intake, it might be time to start. According to the Washington Post, American adults consume an average of 3,400 mg of salt…
Try yoga as a foundation for healthy habits
Yoga is more popular than ever, and not just among flexible young folks with expensive studio memberships and even pricier workout clothes. Nearly 29…