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Bloggers are busy as summer bursts upon us

Summer is in full swing now with many areas of the country sweltering and some suffering in torrential rain and flooding. Here in the Pacific Northwest, June was mostly coolish with some nice days and a hot one or two now and then. Our annual July Fourth party was great,... Read more →


Why doesn’t the FTC urge consumers to delete their 23andMe data before the company is sold?

Photo: Hannob In a letter to a bankruptcy court Monday, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission said any company that buys 23andMe, a genetic testing company, in a bankruptcy proceeding, needs to abide by the 23andMe’s privacy policy on use of customer data. Andrew N. Ferguson said: The FTC... Read more →


Bloggers are busy as spring hesitantly begins

The TV weatherman and I must have had a misunderstanding. I watched the weather forecast carefully and I was sure he said, with enthusiasm, that Sunday would be the best day of weather coming up. As a result, I made a plan. Saturday, I’d get housework done, and Sunday would... Read more →


Bloggers offer comments on what’s going on these day

A fantastic thing happened. My daughter Mona planned a trip to Santa Barbara, California, for us to visit my long-time friend, Sue Lean, who moved there last March. Mona lives in Sacramento, so we drove the six hours to Santa Barbara for our visit. Our visit began with a trip... Read more →


Check out these 25 books about food that answer why

For winter reading, Dani Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food, offers another great reading list, this one on food books that answer the question why. Why bread, which cost a third of household expenditures in Europe 300 years ago, now costs less than 1 percent. Why... Read more →


Facts and figures for the 2024 holidays

It’s that time of year again. Stores are bustling with shoppers, delivery drivers are pulling up daily, and people are exhausted. And while it’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year, 68 percent of people say Santa will be less generous this year due to inflation and 31... Read more →