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Workout? How about a nap out instead?
I want to be physically fit. I really do. It’s just that it takes so much time. And effort. And commitment. There is only so much time in the day, after all, and I have to pencil in parenting, cooking, cleaning, laundry, running errands and the like. That barely leaves any time at all to
Book stirs up memories of canal days
If you’re not from the tri-county — Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana — area, you might not find this column of interest. On the other hand, if you have a hankering to know what it was like to live in the early 1900s in a small community along the Sandy and Beaver Canal and the middle fork
One isn’t the loneliest number, but crazy sure is
I would like to state for the record that I am not now, nor have I ever been, even a little bit insane. At least I don’t think so. Apparently, if you were raised an only child, as I was, that needs clarifying these days. It has recently come to my attention, thanks to “Octuplet
The seed catalogs are a sign of spring
“The snow holds for what seems to be forever in the valley and in the far pasture. As I plan my garden once again, we find our patience being tested as yet another snowfall is predicted. One day, we will see the finches and know that we have survived yet another winter. For now, we
Gullibility: Not-so-PC virus
Warning: Many Internet users are becoming infected by a virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless urban legend and dire warning that shows up in their inbox. The Gullibility Virus, as it is called, apparently makes people believe and forward copies of silly hoaxes relating to cookie recipes, health scares and get-rich-quick
Nations that sow food crops for biofuels may reap less than thought
MADISON, Wis. — Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more realistic level. That’s according to a study, led by Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway of the University
Aged Mom, square head
You would think that with age would come wisdom. I mean isn’t that the generally accepted trade-off here? I’m going to get all wrinkled up like un-ironed linen, but will have the wisdom not to care a whit about it? Well, something is wrong with the universe because I don’t seem a bit wiser and
Restaurant entrepreneur steals the show at Sustainable Ag Day event
PITTSFIELD, Pa. — Sustainable Ag Day in Warren County received high marks by the day’s participants. People came to learn and the speakers did not disappoint them. One participant told others who asked about the day, “This is one that you should not have missed. There was something new for everyone.” Laura Agnew from the
U.S. is on fiscal thin ice
WASHINGTON — Everything in Washington D.C. is about money: who has it, who doesn’t and who wants more. There are several emerging voices in Congress, however, who are talking about money in more serious tones these days, and they sound like instructors of Finance 101: We’re spending more than we’re taking in. “We are on
Junk, treasure a matter of perspective
One man’s junk really is someone else’s treasure. I thought of my sister the very first time I heard that statement.
