The 6-year-old girl turned to her mother and asked, “What does it mean to grab somebody by the p—y?” Rachael MacIsaac Parker thought she had misheard her daughter. “What?” she recalled responding. “What do you mean?” Then she saw the television screen. “You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them,” […]

Town officials in Kenai, Alaska — besieged with complaints about free-roaming felines and a burgeoning shelter cat population — are proposing a cat leash law. This news was reported recently in wonderful detail by the local paper, which cited a city attorney’s description of impolite cats “defecating on private property, invading plant beds, and otherwise […]

I hadn’t thought much about how many kids I wanted until my first was born. Immediately I was confronted with decisions: Should I get rid of my maternity clothes? Should I be saving these newborn onesies? My partner (now husband) and I pretty quickly decided we were all-in on the baby thing and we’d go […]

First Lori Waltenbury’s dad got cancer, then her aunt did.On the days she went with them to treatment in the past year, Waltenbury considered her job part chauffeur, part distraction.During drives to the hospital and during sessions, she would start conversations about family or “the silly questionnaire” they filled out during treatment. Anything, she said, […]

Q: I have three engraved brass tables that require a lot of effort to polish, and then they tarnish after a few weeks. I have used a kit that restores brass and protects it, but it did not last long. I have heard that spraying it with lacquer will protect the brass, but I am […]

As another growing season draws to an end, much needs to be done both in and around the garden. For me, this wasn’t one of my better harvests. Too little rain figured into this situation, for sure. The tomatoes that did grow were small, and many had blossom rot. I’ve since learned that adding calcium […]

It ought to be the simplest thing in the world. You go to sleep at night, you get up in the morning. Have some breakfast, brush your teeth and out the door you go, to your job, your classes or your chores. For millions of years, humans and their hairier ancestors have been doing it […]

What does your weekly menu look like? Meatloaf and mashed potatoes on Monday, baked chicken on Tuesday, and a kale and egg casserole on Wednesday? Maybe you throw in some pasta on Thursday. By Friday, you’ve lost your meal-making mojo. You’re “chopped out.” For some in our local area, the struggle to eat well is […]