After Chanukah, the next special occasion in the Jewish year is Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees. This year Tu B’Shevat corresponds to Jan. 28. It is first and foremost a holiday to remind us of our responsibility to care for the environment. In the United States we began ...

What’s that expression — getting older isn’t for sissies? Whoever coined that term was right on. No matter what age you’re at you’re still getting older. Some of us remember various milestones of aging. For example, getting that draft card way back when that you had to carry around ...

Calathea lancifolia (rattlesnake plant) is a species of plant in the Marantaceae family and is a native to Brazil. This particular Calathea is one of several dozen different cultivars of Calatheas, or prayer plants as they are sometimes commonly known as. This type of plant comes in a wide ...

Health professionals consider steam cooking one of the best methods for cooking vegetables and fish. When food is cooked at a very gentle temperature, there is very little lost of vitamins and minerals and the taste and flavor remains unchanged, therefore requiring very little additional ...

Death is a free and easy metaphor: Poets, like cowards, die a thousand times For Beauty, Truth and Love Forevermore. Quick exit language gets them through the door, Collects an ode that’s owed them for their rhymes As Death becomes their severance metaphor. Their body of work in ...

The recent presidential election may have been unique in American history. We had an election in which the accuracy of the result in one key state was disputed (Bush vs. Gore, 2000); an election that was so close it was settled by Congress, with disastrous consequences, especially for Black ...

Virtually every boater relies on “knowing his/her knots,” and an excellent captain also wants the crew to know them, as well. The principle of a good marine knot is that: - It is easy to use. - It is easy to untie. - It holds fast. Knot typing is part of the practice of marlinspike ...