I Fell in Love with Dried Beans So Much I Joined a Bean Club By Stacey Ballis December 28, 2021 Canned beans are a great time-saver, but it can be difficult sometimes to get the right texture for dishes or to fully eliminate that tinny flavor. But once I started cooking with dried beans myself, I was hooked. Versatile,…
Read More Beans, Beans, the Musical FruitBy Lois M. Collins@Loisco Jan 4, 2022, 10:00pm MST While experts have known for years that children do best when they get plenty of sleep, a new study from BYU published in the journal Sleep says too-little sleep contributes to lousy nutrition choices, which in turn plays a role in the obesity epidemic and its subsequent health problems. Sleep’s…
Read More Want to help kids thrive? Focus on these 5 aspects of healthMakes about 12-15 cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup plus 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup and 2 tbsp flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ¼ cup + 3 tbsp rolled oats. 1 cup + 1 tbsp semisweet chocolate…
Read More Neiman Marcus CookiesMaya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel (including 2 of my alma maters) The Red Cross says there’s a blood shortage nationwide Jerome Powell says the Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in…
Read More Did you know…by Kenneth Terrell, AARP, December 6, 2021 Among workers age 50 and older, 76 percent say a job that offers flexibility is the best way to achieve work-life balance, according to one recent survey. The good news is many employers offer opportunities for flexible work arrangements and welcome mid-career workers. The following is a list of flexible…
Read More 15 Flexible Jobs for Older Workers“Fake news” may sound like the punchline of a lazy joke. But misinformation is very real. And so are its impacts. There are different types: Misinformation is false information that catches on — whether the people behind it intended to mislead others or not. Disinformation is false information that’s spread on purpose. Read more HERE.
Read More How to Spot Misinformation Online — and Stop Its SpreadBy Haylee Bergeland, KPA-CTP, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA November 11, 2020 Not all dogs that roam the streets are lost. Some dogs may just be taking a stroll to visit a friend before heading back home for dinner, and others are just too excited about their newfound freedom to care when you call their name. Sometimes, a dog who’s…
Read More The Do’s and Don’ts of Catching a Lost or Scared DogKimberly Holland December 21, 2021 Fresh Express is recalling more than 200 fresh salad products due to potential Listeria contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Dec. 21. The recall was necessitated after the Michigan Department of Agriculture received a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample of Fresh Express 9 oz.…
Read More Fresh Express Recalls More Than 200 Fresh Salad Products Due to Potential Listeria ContaminationBY MARY E. HUNT DECEMBER 23, 2021 Competition was keen, but the award for the Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 resulted in a tie between that of Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett and that of Bishop John F. Doerfler of the Diocese of Marquette, Michigan. The award does not apply to any single individual but…
Read More ‘THEOLOGICAL PORN’: THE MOST EGREGIOUS RELIGIOUS IDEA OF 2021 IS A TIEYou’ll need a mask, and patience, when passing through airport screenings this winter by Christina Ianzito, AARP, Updated December 14, 2021 By law, passengers over the age of 2 must wear a face mask in the airport and on the plane, at least through March 18, 2022. Those who fail to comply will be prevented from…
Read More The Latest TSA Security Procedures During the COVID-19 PandemicAre you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between? Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match, compared with a nationally representative survey of more than 10,000 U.S. adults by Pew Research Center. You may find some of these questions are…
Read More Where do you fit in the political typology?Job teaches us that helping those in overwhelming pain requires a careful balance between listening and understanding their unique agony while not making them feel too different or isolated. BY MIRIAM AMENT AND EFREM EPSTEIN Job is the biblical poster child for acute suffering. When Satan makes a bet with God that the righteous and prosperous Job will cease to…
Read More What Job Can Teach Us About Coping with Mental Health CrisesServings: 8 scones Calories: 407cal Author: Amy Desrosiers Ingredients 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour +1 tablespoon to flour your hands, work area, and pastry cutter. 1/4 cup granulated sugar + 1 tablespoon reserved from sprinkling over the top of the scones before baking 1 tbsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 large egg 12 tbsps unsalted butter cubed 1/2 cup whole milk 1 tbsp. vanilla bean paste 1/2 cup fresh blueberries Glaze 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp whole milk 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste Instructions…
Read More Blueberry SconesBy David Sweet on 12/3/2021 Don’t go with the first mortgage lender you talk with Don’t shop for homes without getting preapproved first Don’t max out any of your credit cards Don’t change jobs Read all 10 HERE.
Read More Top 10 things not to do before buying a homeBy Senior Editor Leslie Quander Wooldridge December 17, 2021 For instance, in its 2020 analysis of books released by prolific publishing houses, the New York Times found that while “non-Hispanic white people account for 60 percent of the U.S. population; in 2018, they wrote 89 percent of the books in [the] sample.” The analysis also confirmed the heads of…
Read More How This One Book Publisher, Led by a Black Woman, Is Helping Black Authors Share Their Stories With the World