That headline has two meanings. Most parents regard their children as treasures. They love them, care for them, and try to prepare them for adulthood. When the kids are small, Mom and Dad change thousands of diapers, teach them how to walk, and tell them a hundred times, “Don’t talk with food in your mouth.”…
Film Review: ‘The 355’: Passel of Babe Spies Saves World From an Extremely Dangerous Cell Phone
PG-13 | 2hr 4m | Spy, Thriller, Suspense, Action | January 7, 2022 “The 355” has exactly one thing going for it: the ridiculously talent-heavy cast of A-list lead actresses. It includes Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, and Bingbing Fan. They’re all spies, in a spy caper, chasing a MacGuffin in the…
The Family Table: Memories of Albania: Simple Dishes, Beach Picnics, and Food Rations
Submitted by Elda Capuni-Lemmon, Apalachin, New York My childhood food memories are of simple cooking, big and small family gatherings and celebrations, and food lines and rations. I was born in communist Albania, which remained so until 1991. Food diversity was limited, so every family cooked very similar dishes. Climbing my apartment building’s stairs, I could…
Parenting Matters: Make Having Fun With Your Family a Priority
When our family lived in Wisconsin, we took advantage of February’s cold weather by having a cookout on our pond. By Valentine’s Day, the pond was topped with 15 to 20 inches of solid ice, so we had no fear of breaking through. We invited every family we knew and borrowed grills from some of…
Man Tracks Down His Late Mother’s Car From 1971 and Buys It, Finds Her Sunglasses Inside
Saddened by having very few collectibles to remember his late mother by, a Kentucky man embarked on a quest to find, and buy back, her beloved 1971 convertible. Twenty years on, he finally succeeded, only to find a nostalgic surprise in the glove box. “In the late summer of 1971, my father purchased a lime-mist-green…
This Easy Frittata Recipe Is Perfect for Brunch, Lunch, or Dinner
Frittatas are like omelets, only easier to make—and they taste great hot, warm, or cold. This vegetable-packed version is spiked with Mediterranean flavor and paired with a cool salad of lemony cucumbers and tomatoes with creamy avocado. Spinach-Mushroom Frittata With Avocado Salad Active Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes Serves 4 For the Salad…
B Bakery Truck Driver Hands Out Loaves of Bread to Motorists Stuck on Highway During Snowstorm
When a couple was stranded on a highway behind a Baltimore bakery truck during a heavy snowstorm, they reached out to the company in hopes to open the truck so as to help feed the people who were stuck in their cars. Bowled over by their response, the driver, and the bakery, went viral for…
Bakery Truck Driver Hands Out Loaves of Bread to Motorists Stuck on Highway During Snowstorm
When a couple was stranded on a highway behind a Baltimore bakery truck during a heavy snowstorm, they reached out to the company in hopes to open the truck so as to help feed the people who were stuck in their cars. Bowled over by their response, the driver, and the bakery, went viral for…
Bodycam Shows LAPD Officers Freeing Pilot Trapped in Plane Crashed on Railway Moments Before Train Hits
Like a scene from a Hollywood action film, police pulled a pilot from a wrecked plane that crash-landed on the train tracks in a Los Angeles neighborhood just seconds before a train smashed though the crumpled metal remains. This was no Hollywood movie—but a rescue that unfolded on Sunday afternoon, captured on the bodycam of…
VIDEO: Family Find Vintage Christmas Gifts in Attic From Late Great-Grandparents—And the Unwrapping Goes Viral
A Central Florida family started a new Christmas tradition after they video recorded a special gift unwrapping that went viral on TikTok. Holly Pomeroy, 29, and her sister Hannah, 26, came across a trove of misplaced vintage Christmas presents from their recently deceased granddad and great-grandparents from years earlier. Grandpa Bruce passed in November, and…
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