Tips for improving air conditioner efficiency
Summer is (nearly) upon us! After a wet, snowy, and cold winter — polar vortex, anyone? — a lot of people are welcoming warmer weather. But the heat can…
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.
Butterfly on milkweed
Make your family garden eco-friendly Gardens aren’t just about petunias, they can also help animals and encourage native plants. This year when you are…
Celebrating Mother’s Day
Arriving on the second Sunday each May, Mother’s Day is a celebrated tradition that can trace its official roots back to before the Civil War. According…
Ideas on sibling rivalry and how to handle it
The kids are fighting and their rivalry is about to drive mom and dad crazy. Name-calling, arguing, or physically fighting — sibling rivalry can take…
A Memorial Day tradition ends
The iconic Memorial Day motorcycle parade in Washington, D.C., Rolling Thunder “Ride for Freedom,” will end this year. Organizers say the event, which…
Facts about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
* The 200-foot V-shaped wall contains 144 panels. * As of May 2018, there were 58,320 names, most in chronological order by date of their casualty. * The…
Life of military spouse can be uncertain
To be a military spouse requires learning a whole new lingo, observing military protocol — and taking care of everything while the uniformed spouse is…
How’s the weather? May 9, 1780: ‘Unnatural gloom’
About noon on May 9, 1780, day turned to night. “It was very dark where I then was in New-Jersey; so much so that the fowls went to their roosts, the…
Memorial Day: Honoring sacrifice in Vietnam–The wall and its history
What has become a treasured memorial to the sacrifice of troops in Vietnam was greeted with outrage when the design was unveiled in 1982. The Vietnam…
Seafarers connect the world
We don’t think about it when we pull on socks, slip into shoes, and grab the phone. But all these goods have traveled the open sea, courtesy of the…