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August 31, 2010
Just imagine it: A worn and weary traveler claws his way to the top of some remote Himalayan peak to reach, after many years, the all-knowing guru...
August 23, 2010
With all the news lately about revised rules on credit card fees and bank fees, you might think I'm about to render a little financial advice today....
August 16, 2010
It's a question that has haunted many a sleepless night: Why does a particular person develop cancer?
We all know a few horror stories along these...
August 9, 2010
Ask the person-in-the-street today to describe what he or she might be worried about, and a whole range of possible answers could come up: the...
August 2, 2010
A few years ago, my husband and I were lucky enough to take a vacation in Crete, a truly magical place. We stayed in the ancient city of Rethymnon,...
July 26, 2010
Who says you can't learn anything from the movies?
I'm a real movie fiend, as you may have gathered if you're a regular reader of this column, and...
July 19, 2010
Barbeque chicken — what could be better?
I've had a serious weakness for barbeque chicken since my childhood in rural Arkansas, where one of...
July 12, 2010
Summertime... the grass is green, the birds are singing, the crickets are chirping and (so the rumor goes) the catfish are jumping. So is your...
July 5, 2010
Could anything be more precious to us than our eyesight?
So many of the joys of life are dependent on our being able to see them: the welcoming...
June 28, 2010
I've always considered myself one of the luckiest people I know for one key reason: I have always loved what I do for a living.
It's a sad fact of...
June 21, 2010
We just might have to retire that old-fashioned moniker "the lowly spud."
Just think of all the slams the potato takes: When someone's...
June 14, 2010
I'm sure you've all seen that TV commercial where the young man is talking on his cellphone and keeps asking over and over again, "Can you hear...