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Our Front Walk
Some special inanimate objects, small and large, hold an outsized meaning in our memories. For Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan, her family’s front walk was one. Our front cement walk that led from the porch steps to the street was wide and long. For a time, my mother lined both sides of the walk with flowers. From my earliest childhood in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, I played on this walk. Here I rode my tricycle, turning before I reached the street. The street was quiet then, however, a safe place for neighborhood kids to play dodge ball.
Jumble Puzzles: A Kite and a Church
Play this week’s Jumble mental games and giggles, featuring a kite and a church. Unscramble the words and the humorous bonus answer. Start with the Jumble for Kids as a warm-up – or share the challenge with a favorite youngster. Build your brain. Mental exercises and games, like...
Exhausted Holiday Hostess
After years of hosting the holiday gathering, including uninvited guests, this exhausted holiday hostess asks Amy Dickinson for advice. For years our home has been the go-to home for the holidays. We purposely created this sort of environment because we have large families on both sides and a big circle of close friends.
Include Healthy Pulses in Your Diet
With plant-based eating on trend, you may have noticed that we are hearing more often about the health and environmental benefits of including pulses in your diet. Indeed, pulses have a lot going for them in terms of nutrition, sustainability, and affordability. Their use is emphasized by various healthy eating plans, including the famed Mediterranean Diet and the brain-benefiting MIND diet. Yet, few Americans are eating enough of them, let alone even know what a pulse is.
More What’s Booming RVA: Dec. 14 to 21
More of What’s Booming in Richmond, Virginia, December 14 to 21, 2023. Find your fill of holiday fun, favorite performances, and events highlighting the history of the season. Boomer Top 5 picks in RVA, browse the week ahead below, or go to our. updated events page for Down the...
What’s Booming RVA: Drink In the Season and Patriotic Fervor
Not only is it the holiday season, it’s the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, a seminal event in the American fight for freedom! Commemorate the revolution, a Richmond-famous Christmas beer, honor for American veterans, and holiday music and décor. All in “What’s Booming RVA: Drink In the Season and Patriotic Fervor.”
Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes
Dairy-free olive oil mashed potatoes are smooth and flavorful without the heaviness of butter or cream. Fruity, floral extra-virgin olive oil added flavor and kept the potatoes silky (choose an olive oil that is smooth and palatable on its own, as any bitter notes will come through in the final dish).
The Grand Bazaar in Turkey
Behind tourist-targeted shops along the main corridor of the Grand Bazaar lie valuable remnants of the past. Rick Steves’ Europe takes us to the alleyways and nooks, to bedestens and workshops, revealing the soul of old Istanbul. Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step...
Boggle Puzzle: Find Eight Relatives
Exercise your mind by searching for words hidden in the Boggle cube. The more letters the better – plus bonus words to up the ante. Find as many words as you can by linking letters up, down, side-to-side, and diagonally. You may only use each letter box once within a single word. Pay special attention to the Boggle BrainBusters Bonus words! Play with a friend and compare word finds, crossing out common words. Up this week, Boggle find eight relatives.
Is Daughter Caring or Judgmental?
A woman is concerned about her mother’s health choices and expressed her worries to her father. Is the daughter caring or judgmental? See what advice columnist Amy Dickinson thinks. Dear Amy:. I am a woman in my 40’s. I’m very successful in my career and life. My mother is...
More What’s Booming RVA: December 7 to 14
More of What’s Booming in Richmond, Virginia, December 7 to 14, 2023. Find your fill of holiday fun and humor, favorite performances, and events highlighting the history of the season – plus author events, exhibitions, and yeah, even more non-holiday happenings. Boomer Top 5 picks in RVA, browse...
What’s Booming RVA: Holiday Laughs and Lessons
This week, it’s all about the holidays – in a diversity of forms: comedy, history, and two favorite holiday performances. All in “What’s Booming RVA: Holiday Laughs, Performances, and Lessons.”. A Vieri Mieri Fieri Holiday Extravaganza: REDEMPTION (For Charity) Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., at Coalition Theater,...
Herbed Greek Yogurt Dip
When you need a quick snack or an easy appetizer for a group, try this recipe for herbed Greek yogurt dip, the perfect solution. It comes together in just about 5 minutes and is easy to customize. Plus, you can make it ahead. There’s nothing terribly complicated about this recipe,...
‘Hauntingly Beautiful’ Spanish O Cebreiro
A hamlet in northwest Spain hosts pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago, a sixth-century church, the local townspeople, traditional thatched stone houses, and fierce weather. Rick Steves’ Europe takes us to O Cebreiro. Perched on a high ridge, the impossibly quaint hobbit hamlet of O Cebreiro welcomes visitors to...
Jumble Puzzles: Female Author and Soccer Player
Play this week’s Jumble puzzle, with a famous female author and young female soccer player. Unscramble the words and the humorous bonus answer. Start with the Jumble for Kids as a warm-up – or share the challenge with a favorite youngster. Build your brain. Mental exercises and games,...
Amazon One Medical Health Care
The Amazon One Medical unit has launched an on-demand virtual health care service for Prime members for $9 per month or $99 annually. Amazon One Medical membership allows Prime members to add up to five additional members for $6 per month or $66 annually. The service includes video chats with licensed providers as well as an in-app “Treat Me Now” feature to address common concerns such as cold and flu symptoms, skin issues, allergies, and urinary tract infections, Amazon said.
Is Travel Insurance Worthwhile?
A reader wonders, is travel insurance worthwhile? Emma Patch of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance considers the question, primarily considering flight cancellations. Question: International flights are so expensive these days. Is it worth buying travel insurance if for some reason I can’t make a flight?. Answer: If you’re mainly worried...
Books for Cooks, Holiday Edition
These books for cooks are recommended by an experienced chef and cookbook writer. Diane Rossen Worthington appreciates the diversity of home chefs, with information and recipes on curry, cheese, rice, cocktails, and more. As holiday gift-giving rolls around, I like to share my picks for books I’ll give to my...
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