With practice, a beginner can learn golf in six months
Say you’re 35 or 45 years old and you’ve never played golf. With the right teacher and time to play or practice three times a week, you could be able to…
Category: Personal Development
Ancient pepper can spice up barbecue
Black pepper (piper nigrum), the friend to salt on your kitchen table, probably comes to you from Vietnam or Ethiopia, via thousands of years of discovery…
Don’t kiss chickens
We’re a nation of animal lovers, according to Spots, about 67 percent of American households own at least one kind of pet. Not only do we love animals, we…
STING to stop procrastination
A recovering procrastinator herself, author Rita Emmett gives this advice in her Procrastinator’s Handbook (Walker & Co.): Think STING! S: Select just one…
A big payoff in taking the optimistic view
If you’re an optimist, you believe that any defeat is a temporary setback or a challenge. It doesn’t knock you down. Using this theme in your life helps…
How to worry usefully
Doctors at the University of Arkansas say worry can help you respond to a problem. With anxiety, there is no exit, but healthy worry motivates you to come…
How to get more mileage out of your gasoline
With the cost of gasoline set to spike, using gas efficiently will save money. Follow these tips to help you maximize your vehicle’s fuel economy….
Who wins in the streaming movie wars? Moviegoers
Go to the movie theater or find something on a streaming service? It’s a burning Friday night question, but cinephiles don’t have to choose between the…
Environment: A common aquarium grass is killing eagles
One day in the 1950s, someone dumped an overgrown aquarium grass into a Florida waterway. In 2021, the grass, called hydrilla, has taken over freshwater…
Great time for stargazing
Here’s something to do that costs almost nothing and carries the promise of awe: Look at the sky. Humans have been stargazers forever, wondering in…