Today, as I write this, it is Good Friday, and for the rest of us, it’s the 72-hour notice: Candy Season is almost over. Enjoy the Cadbury eggs while you can, because after Easter Sunday, there’s no more candy until Halloween (which now begins in...
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I drove home with the windows rolled down today.  I even complained that the sun was way too bright.  When I got home, I turned off the heat and threw open the windows.  Well, a window, at least. Dangerous.  There is definite danger here, in all this sun and warmth.  There is...
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While many claim they hate the old dictum, “you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater,” used to illustrate the practical limitations of freedom of speech, others have favored this shortcut ever since discovering it in our high school civics class. In fact, “yelling fire...
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By ANN M. EVANS and GEORGEANNE BRENNAN From the Ground Up Nigel Walker, the brain behind Dixon-based Eatwell Farm, is continually thinking of ways to increase the consumption of healthy, organic foods. He has hundreds of Community Supported Agriculture members from San Francisco to Sacramento,...
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On November 9, 2013, early Saturday morning I was sitting next to my bed as my Beagle, Theo, lay dying. His breathing came out in rapid puffs with him gagging every so often. We had planned to take him to the vet to have him...
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You will never be among the top 5 percent of wealthiest Americans, but you’ll be ruled by them for the foreseeable future. And did you know that the top 5 percent controls 72 percent of the wealth in this country? Think about that. Ninety-five percent...
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The origins of goulash have been traced to the 9th century, to stews eaten by Magyar (Hungarian) shepherds. Before setting out with their flocks, the shepherds prepared a portable stock of food by slowly cooking cut-up meats with onions and other flavorings until the liquids...
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Seriously, dudes?… The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.The...
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