Pool noodles make Halloween fun!
Pool season is over and if you have some pool noodles hanging around, there’s little point in storing them, since their surface gets pretty rough the…
Category: Seasonal
Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane still popular, but was Ichabod real?
Way back in 1820, author Washington Irving wrote a little story that today, 200 years later, still haunts us, especially at Halloween. The Legend of…
September is Cholesterol Education Month: Time to check up on LDLs and HDLs
Accountants aren’t the only ones who go by the numbers. Increasingly, doctors gauge your health by your numbers as well. Better numbers mean better health…
How to get rid of those leaves
* Mow and mulch. If leaves aren’t too deep, mow with a mulching lawn mower and leave them on the grass. * Use a leaf blower. It will work very well on…
Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month
Taking pride in our ancestry The Irish have March with St. Patrick’s Day and the Germans and Polish have October with Oktoberfest and General Pulaski…
The first day of autumn is September 22
Autumn is an invisible bridge that begins with the fading delights of summer and slowly reaches into the world of winter. It’s when most crops are…
On Labor Day, consider: Life is pretty good in the 21st century
Portrait of a worker in 1870: A man started work at 13 and worked every day for 30 years, until the day he died at age 43. In his entire life, he never…
Labor: The first price
“Labor was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of…
Garden cleanup time: Do it now
Warm fall weather encourages many of us to delay putting our gardens to bed, but late September and all of October are the best times to do it. Some…
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year): Sept. 25 to 27
Rosh Hashanah — which means “head of the year” in Hebrew — starts at sunset on September 25, when the Jewish calendar officially flips from the year…