Category: *Feature

  • From My Bookshelf: Megan Mayhew Bergman

    From My Bookshelf: Megan Mayhew Bergman

    By Lynn Willoughby Almost Famous Women ~ Megan Mayhew Bergman This collection of short stories had such great potential.  I was so disappointed! The collection includes stories of Lord Byron’s illegitimate daughter, the early aviatrix Beryl Markham, Oscar Wilde’s niece and ten others.  The shortest, but one of the most interesting, was the story of…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Does Size Matter When Baking with Eggs?

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Does Size Matter When Baking with Eggs?

    By Reena Nerbas Egg Sizes Dear Reena, When purchasing eggs for a baking recipe, does it matter what size eggs I use? Thanks, Randy Dear Randy, Great question! Most recipes are calibrated with large size eggs. Extra hint: Eggs for baking should be at room temperature, so that the egg disperses better, making the batter…

  • Faith Forum: It Is Finished

    Faith Forum: It Is Finished

    By Gloria Wessner The words “it is finished” rang in her ears as Mary stumbled and tripped over the rocks on the hill at Golgotha. It couldn’t be, it just couldn’t be true what had just happened; but it was. There was the cross, with her friend hanging on it. His weary head now bent and…

  • Video is great – but it can be soooo slow!

    Video is great – but it can be soooo slow!

    Videos are great, but, when time is of the essence, being able to shave a couple of minutes off of the playback, or even better cutting an hour long video down to 30-40 minutes is awesome.

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 26 – April 2, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 26 – April 2, 2018

    by Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — This may well be one of the most unusual and distinctive times in your life, if you would only notice. The difficulty in noticing is that the world is so chaotic, and at the same time, our lives are all so densely packed with activity and so-called information that…

  • From My Bookshelf: Anita Rau Badami

    From My Bookshelf: Anita Rau Badami

    By Lynn Willoughby The Hero’s Walk ~ Anita Rau Badami The setting for this novel is a small town in India with sweltering heat and wild monsoons. It is the story of four generations – their heartaches, their dreams, their kindness and their selfishness. The large family home all occupy is falling down around them.…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Furnace Filters

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Furnace Filters

    By Reena Nerbas Extra Buttons Dear Reena, Many of the jackets and suits that I buy are sold with an extra button. Apart from storing the button in the jacket pocket, do you have any suggestions as to how to organize apparel buttons without losing them? Mandy Dear Mandy, One option is to sew the…

  • Lex Monoxide: Apple Pie Moonshine

    Lex Monoxide: Apple Pie Moonshine

    The Apple (pie) of My (bloodshot) Eye – It’s time to shine… Apple Pie Moonshine! Feared food writer, notorious restaurant reviewer and cut-throat culinarian Lex Monoxide is your guide to food, booze and ranting reviews!

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 19 – 26, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 19 – 26, 2018

    by Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — The Sun is about to enter your sign, and take you on a most interesting journey through the physical world. You have had more than enough of fantasy and imagining. You’ve experienced the interior of your mind in some delightful ways, and now it’s time to bust free, into…

  • From My Bookshelf: James Anderson

    From My Bookshelf: James Anderson

    By Lynn Willoughby Lullaby Road ~ James Anderson I really liked Anderson’s first book, “The Never-Open Desert Diner” so was looking forward to reading this one. It did not disappoint. There were many references to the characters and locale of the first book, so it is best to read them in sequence. The high desert…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Yellowing Lino

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Yellowing Lino

    By Reena Nerbas Thermos in the Dishwasher Dear Reena, I recently purchased a stainless-steel thermos with foil wrapped around the exterior. Although the instructions say, “dishwasher safe” the foil peeled after four washes. Now, the foil is half gone and looks unappealing (pardon the pun). Should I toss the thermos or is there a remedy…

  • Ask Biella: “I want smart friends, what’s a good way to do that?”

    Ask Biella: “I want smart friends, what’s a good way to do that?”

    Ask Biella Listen HereRead Below . . . Publisher’s Note Ask Biella is our newest Feature Content provided by a Contemporary Philosopher and Writer. The purpose and intent of this feature is to provide readers with an opportunity to ask a wide variety of life-based questions. Think “Dear Abby,” but with more emphasis on life…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 12 – 19, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 12 – 19, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — If there’s one solution to all problems, it is: proceed with irreverence. Make sure you notice the utterly ridiculous social conventions people are expected to follow, then do what you want. There may be some use (to others) in what seems useless (to you), and this may be about…

  • From My Bookshelf: James Anderson

    From My Bookshelf: James Anderson

    By Lynn Willoughby The Never-Open Desert Diner ~ James Anderson Ben is a humble, honest, hard working, very kind truck driver.  He has been delivering goods along his stretch of 117 in Utah for over twenty years.  He know everyone, their habits, their secrets, their personalities.  He lives alone in this remote desert region where the…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Put the White Back in Your Sheets

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Put the White Back in Your Sheets

    By Reena Nerbas The Smell of Curry Dear Reena, My daughter and I were interested in purchasing a home but the smell of curry was so prevalent in the house, that I could smell it all the way home. It’s a lovely home, but will we be able to get rid of that smell? I…