Category: Voices

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 28 – September 4, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 28 – September 4, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — Your next step is what we might call the real work. Recent events have set free a kind of inspiration that you rarely experience, and a push in the direction you want to go. Now, it’s time to attend to the practical realities of turning ideas and feelings into…

  • From My Bookshelf – Kate Quinn

    From My Bookshelf – Kate Quinn

    By Lynn Willoughby The Alice Network – Kate Quinn Here is a new historical novel that wowed me.  One woman, Eve, is recruited as a spy during WWI, and becomes part of the real life “Alice Network” in France.  The second woman, Charlie, is an American from a rigid, wealthy family where she never quite…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Chemical Free Way to Soften Clothes

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Chemical Free Way to Soften Clothes

    By Reena Nerbas Storing 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? Timothy Dear Timothy, One option is to sew…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 21 – 28, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 21 – 28, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, the light bulb and cinema, said that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. You’re doing better than that on the inspiration scale, and need to invest your energy into persistence, determination and gumption. Gumption is a great concept, and you…

  • Want to Know 5 Reasons (most) Diets Fail?

    Want to Know 5 Reasons (most) Diets Fail?

    Emily here to let you know that research shows that regular dieting is a waste of time and energy. Don’t believe me? Read on to find out why… Why am I dissing on dieting? According to Dr. Mark Hyman, functional medicine doctor, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and New York Times…

  • From My Bookshelf – Martha Halle Kelly

    From My Bookshelf – Martha Halle Kelly

    By Lynn Willoughby Lilac Girls – Martha Halle Kelly This debut novel shows us the pre-WWII life of Caroline, a New York socialite who volunteers at the French Consulate. In contrast, a young woman working for the Polish Underground Resistance Movement is trying to survive Hitler’s invasion of her homeland. Kasia knows people disappear every…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Restoring White Socks

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Restoring White Socks

    By Reena Nerbas Frustrated by Packaging Dear Reena, Whenever I purchase household items that have thick packaging encasing them, it takes me a mountain of time and frustration to remove the plastic, often my scissors can’t cut through the thick plastic. Do you have any ideas to make this easier? Gloria Dear Gloria, Run a…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 14 to 21, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: August 14 to 21, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — So what are you doing with your freedom? I mean really doing, with your creative freedom, your relationship freedom, your ability to move around the planet and to associate with anyone you want? What’s on your list that you hesitate to act upon, and what gives you pause? Finally,…

  • Faith Forum ~ God, My Heavenly Father

    Faith Forum ~ God, My Heavenly Father

    By Gloria Wessner ‘Fatherhood’ is a term in our society that is not heard of as often in our time. There was a time when fatherhood was as respected (if not more respected) than motherhood. It is becoming more of a lost art, and something that does not appear to have as much significance as…

  • From My Bookshelf – Linden MacIntyre

    From My Bookshelf – Linden MacIntyre

    By Lynn Willoughby Punishment – Linden MacIntyre In this novel, set in Newfoundland, you are “from away” unless your family has lived there for generations.  Tony Breau, the protagonist, has known this all his life.  He was adopted. Tony’s career as a correction officer in the notorious Kingston Penitentiary, has a lot to do with…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Mothballs

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Mothballs

    By Reena Nerbas Bathroom Grout Dear Reena, Can you help us with a grout problem in our bathroom? We want to clean the grout between the one inch tiles. What can we use to clean the yellowish grout? I have tried a commercial cleaner and it didn’t do anything. I used a spray cleaner; it…

  • Planet Waves Horoscope: August 7 – 14, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscope: August 7 – 14, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — Most people will do nearly anything to be part of a group, which leads to some dangerous possibilities. Many of them are psychological and spiritual, though it’s clear that people will do things as part of a group that they would never do as individuals. The time has come…

  • From My Bookshelf – Elizabeth Philips

    From My Bookshelf – Elizabeth Philips

    By Lynn Willoughby The Afterlife of Birds – Elizabeth Philips This is a debut novel by a Canadian author.  It is a story of ordinary people living their ordinary lives and how we all connect  It reminds me a lot of Elizabeth Hay’s writing  – see Late Nights on Air, or Alone in the Classroom,…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cookie Dough and Cupcakes

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cookie Dough and Cupcakes

    By Reena Nerbas Mixing Cookie Dough Dear Reena, Whenever I bake cookies, the recipe says to mix all dry ingredients together before adding them to the wet ingredients. Why can’t I just add all the ingredients together in one bowl? Also, how can I make my cookies all the same size so that they look…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 31 – Aug 7, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 31 – Aug 7, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino   ARIES — In times of high pressure, chaos or confusion, it’s not easy to pull back and celebrate life in a meaningful way. Yet that is exactly what you’re being called upon to do, or rather being given the opportunity to do. Mars and the Sun continue to streak across…