What to buy (and avoid) at the Christmas tree lot
Have you ever brought home a beautiful pine tree, decorated it, and then watched with horror as it lost all of its pine needles within two weeks? If you…
Category: Seasonal
The story of the lovely menorah
The enchanting Hanukkah menorah isn’t the only menorah used in Jewish art, design, and ritual. In Hebrew, menorah simply means lamp and there are several…
Pneumonia by the numbers
* In 2023, pneumonia accounted for 14 percent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide. An estimated 700,000 children under 5 die from pneumonia…
World Pneumonia Day, November 12: ‘Winter Fever’ still claims lives worldwide
Once called “Winter Fever,” the symptoms of pneumonia have been known since the time of Greek physician Hippocrates, who commented on it around 460 BC. It…
Here is how to cope with porch pirates
Millions of packages are stolen every year in the U.S., so many that sources differ as to how many with estimates ranging from 58 million to 120 million….
The lady who created Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has had many proponents in many times that include thankful pilgrims, sailors and discoverers. But the holiday we celebrate today on the last…
Veterans Day: A time for appreciation
We all recognize the solemn moment of “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.” We bow our heads in recognition of the end of World Wars I and…
Here we go again: Fall back Nov. 2
And we are back to Standard time on Nov. 2 as millions in the U.S. and billions globally go from clock to clock turning the hour back from Daylight Saving…
October is Fire Prevention Month: Take note of the ubiquitous devices that power our world
They’re everywhere. Lithium-ion batteries live with us and power our devices. Every cordless device, the kids’ toys, power tools, tablets, head phones, laptops, smartphones, earbuds,…
All things pumpkin spice
It’s time for the annual fantastic fall foray into all thing pumpkin spice. What you may have been missing with your Starbucks pumpkin spice latte…