HandyPro helps local resident stay in her home By Keith Osterman Vicky, from Preston, Md., was in and out of the hospital two months ago, only to find that she was diagnosed with ALS and had become wheelchair bound. She was now facing a question that so many are faced with today. Should she […]
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A History of You for the Future
A History of You for the Future By: Kat Spitzer Wouldn’t it be fascinating to know more about your grandparents and ancestors in their own words? Perhaps you wonder where you got that smashing sense of humor, or that inherent ability to pick up difficult crochet patterns, or even the general feeling of […]
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Take a Hike
Take A Hike! By Richard Hillman For me, it started in the mid-1990s, when I began backpacking for a few days each summer in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. To train for the rigors of carrying a pack up and down steep, rocky trails, our local leader would organize several training hikes in […]
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A Bread for All Tastes
A Bread for All Tastes By Mat Herban Nothing makes a house a home more than the smell of freshly baked bread. So on Mother’s Day or even Father’s Day, please the whole family with your own creation. The key to this bread is that you don’t have to knead it. Just dump […]
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A Weighty Issue – Heavy and Healthy?
A Weighty Issue – Heavy and Healthy? By Melissa Conroy Warmer weather is here, and the shorts and T-shirts are coming out, revealing what sweaters and long pants have been hiding all winter. With bathing suit season around the corner, you’ve probably taken a good look at yourself in the full-length mirror and vowed […]
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Hanging Baskets: Keep’em Looking Great
Hanging Baskets: Keep ‘em Looking Great By Neil Moran Every year people spend good money buying hanging baskets to add a little color to a patio area or other living space. By mid-summer I hear many complaints that their hanging baskets, once so pretty, are now looking like a wig on a scarecrow. […]
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Be “Green” While Keeping Your Boat Clean
Be “Green” While Keeping Your Boat Clean By Leah Lancione Boat owners assuredly love the water. They get a rush from the smell of the salty air, the wind whipping through their hair and the sight of clean water lapping up against the hull. Therefore, a true sailor is also part conservationist. They undoubtedly […]
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Garlic in the Home Garden
Garlic in the Home Garden By Neil Moran People always seem a little surprised when I point out garlic growing in my garden. They’re not only surprised by its rather peculiar resemblance to onion, but by the fact that I’m growing it at all. I can relate. I was once just as puzzled! Like […]
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Pick up a Hoe and Give Gardening a Go!
Pick up a Hoe and Give Gardening a Go! By Leah Lancione If you’ve ever entertained the idea of growing your own food, this is the time of year to act on that impulse. Although seasoned gardeners have probably already spent weeks planning which fruits, vegetables or herbs they will grow, and no doubt […]
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Scrabble Flash: the Transportable Game
Scrabble Flash: the Transportable Game By Cindy Rott Scrabble Flash is a fast, fun, portable game. All that’s involved is to move the five electronic cubes to make different words — with all due haste. Each cube is smaller than a deck of cards and every time you play, a different letter is displayed […]
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Honoring Special Days
Honoring Special Days By Penelope Folsom If you’re searching for a unique birthday, holiday or special-day gift, how about a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC? Since 1937, Congress has been selling these special flags to Americans who order them. Acquiring one is not difficult and it costs little. […]
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Feel Younger and Energized – Take Up Jogging
Feel Younger and Energized — Take Up Jogging By Leah Lancione Some may think jogging is only for the young and uber-energetic, but it’s not true. There are many men and women who jog or run all the way through their “golden” years. According to the American Physical Therapy Association’s publication For the Young […]
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Know Your Estuary
Know Your Estuary By Henry S. Parker The best way to know an estuary is to get in it. Not on it, over it, or safely by its side. Don a bathing suit, T-shirt and stout, well-tied sneakers that the sucking mud won’t pull off. Then wade in. Bring a face mask and be ready […]
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Your Local Library Now Has e-books
Your Local Library Now Has e-books By Laurie L. Hayes From their virtual shelves to yours, the Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) has thousands of e-books available for borrowing. These e-books are easily downloaded to e-readers, computers and smart phones. Maryland libraries, including Anne Arundel County, have been on the cutting edge of this […]
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Dental Implants – Don’t Wait to Replace Your Missing Teeth
Dental Implants – Don’t Wait to Replace Your Missing Teeth By Drs. David, Clayton and Jay McCarl Dental implants are today’s standard of care for replacing missing teeth and securing removable dentures. In the past few years, improvements in dental implant technology have made implants more reliable, comfortable and affordable. There are circumstances in which […]
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What is a CSA?
WHAT IS A CSA? By Stacey Jackowski With spring comes an opportunity to invest in local farming and reap dividends as the harvests yield the benefits of Community Supported Agriculture. A CSA is a share in a farm’s bounty. You can purchase a spring, summer, whole, half or partial share. The program helps the farmers […]
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Chocolate: Healthy or Not?
Chocolate: Healthy or Not? By Melissa Conroy Whether it’s Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas, Secretary’s Day, Halloween or any day of the year, chocolate is sure to be found somewhere: sitting in a glass dish on a desk, wrapped around bars of vanilla ice cream in the freezer, stashed in a purse, lurking in a dresser […]
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Advice Abounds on Boomerang Kids
Advice Abounds on Boomerang Kids By Kathryn Marchi For years now, we’ve become aware of a new phenomenon. Kids are returning home to live after having been “on their own” for a period of time. In the United States, they’re called “Boomerang Kids.” (In Australia, they are called Kippers (Kids In Parents’ Pockets Eroding Retirement […]
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Book Reviews
UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption By Laura Hillenbrand Random House (2010) The word ‘unbroken’ conjures thoughts of a wild stallion or a mighty chain, both impossible to break. Hold onto that thought as you begin this book. Laura Hillenbrand, a prominent Washington, DC, author, has brought us a captivating […]