It’s so much fun in the fall to go to Chelan, Washington, and visit with my high school classmates. Lake Chelan is so beautiful. And new, since I lived there, are wineries, a fantastic diversification to the famous apple industry of Central Washington. My sister and I, both graduates of... Read more →
On Saturday, I got in my car hoping to rush to Ace Hardware to buy a new garden hose. I also wanted to show them the one I bought a couple of years ago. It’s a light weight hose and it split. It wasn’t like it sprung a leak like... Read more →
It’s a common refrain. “I can’t wait for my kids to get out of the house” and “I don’t want my adult kids to move back in.” In Spain, where my daughter and her family lives, it’s typical for kids to live with their parents until age 30. Michelle Singletary,... Read more →
A salesperson knocked on my door and told me I could get rooftop solar panels at little or no cost? He said government programs would cover most of the costs of solar installation. He said his company had installed them for one of my neighbors. Fortunately, since it sounded too... Read more →
We plant them in the spring, water them all summer, and then it’s fall harvest time. The joys I’m experiencing are cucumbers, Swiss chard parsley, mint, carrots, kale, kale, and more kale. A few green beans. Here’s a report: The carrots are fantastic. Mona, my Ph.D. botanist daughter, reminded me... Read more →
Bestway International is recalling about 866,000 AirJet and HydroJet spa pumps. The recalled AirJet and HydroJet spa pumps can overheat causing the plastic housing to ignite, posing a fire risk. At least three fires have occurred involving the spa pumps, including one house fire in January 2024 in Kansas City,... Read more →
It’s a clear memory. Plastic was becoming widely used in packaging for food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration didn’t say it was safe. It said as far as it knew, plastic packaging wasn’t harmful to health. I figured out myself right away that it wasn’t a good idea to... Read more →
Unfortunately, the movie industry’s emphasis on violent movies is continuing. I’ve written for years about how there’s too much violence in movies, commenting every year on Academy Award nominated movies. Here are the top movies from the weekend as reported by ShowTimes.com: 1. “Beattlejuice Beattlejuice” – $51.6 million 2. “Speak... Read more →
In the past, I haven’t had much of a problem buying souvenirs when I’ve been on vacation. They just seem to be plentiful at tourist spots. Madrid, Paris, London, San Francisco, Miami, Seattle. I have post cards from them all. Not so much from museums. I love museums, but I’ve... Read more →
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission urges consumers of micromobility products – including e-bikes, e-scooters, self-balancing scooters or hoverboards, and e-unicycles – not to use chargers that are marketed as “universal” or suitable with general categories of micromobility devices to avoid fires and injury or death, unless they’ve been tested... Read more →