A former high school French and Spanish teacher who launched her own beauty brand during the COVID-19 lockdown reaped six figures in sales in just six weeks. As her venture goes from strength to strength, the 30-year-old entrepreneur claims she couldn’t have done it without one special supporter: her father. Maria Wilkes of London, England,…
(Video) Daughter Quits Job to Start Successful Beauty Brand With Dad’s Support: ‘Encourage the Children’
10 Pet-Friendly Houseplants for Your Home
While houseplants have the ability to bring life to a room and purify the air while doing it, a drawback is that many houseplants are toxic to animals. Here are 10 plants that add beauty to your home without worry. First, keep in mind that while many plants are technically safe for cats and dogs,…
Mendocino County’s Overlooked Wines
Wines from California’s Mendocino County are hardly unknown. Yet, a recent weekday trip to this county, located along the rugged North Coast some 100 miles from San Francisco, revealed an appellation that looked and felt more authentic than the more fashionable and commercialized vineyards in the adjoining counties of Napa and Sonoma. My visit came…
Northern Wales: Misty but Delightful
That slight drizzle that the Welsh prefer to call “mist” didn’t bother us at all as we walked about the tiny village of Beddgelert. Wales may often be “misty,” but it is also delightful—and Beddgelert is a good example of what makes it so. This tiny village of only 300 is exactly the sort of…
This Garlic Bread Deserves a Seat at the Thanksgiving Table
Some type of bread, roll, or biscuit is absolutely essential to any Thanksgiving spread. After all, you need something to push the delicious sides together and to sop up every drop of gravy left on your plate. Of course, you might not want to bake from-scratch dinner rolls. We hear you. That’s where Thanksgiving garlic…
The Meek and Selfless Nobleman: ‘Bertuccio’s Bride’
Sometimes, we hold on tightly to the things in our lives. To avoid suffering and hardship, we might think it’s wise to acquire and hoard as much wealth as possible. But in reality, by focusing on what we lack, or fear we lack, we might cause ourselves many sleepless nights. I recently came across a…
Man Survives Fatal Accident on Mother’s Day, Becomes EMT to Pay It Forward: ‘I Was Actively Dying’
Four years ago on Mothers Day, Laurie Trahan received a devastating call at around 4:30 a.m. that no parent should ever have to receive. Her 25-year-old son was fighting for life after a fatal accident. High-spirited and always ready to help others, Caleb Trahan, now 29, of Conroe, Texas, was running on merely two hours of sleep after back-to-back…
Florida Woman’s Dog Lost in 2014 Found 7 Years Later in Mississippi, Reunites With Owner
A woman from Coconut Grove, Florida, lost her beloved Maltese seven years ago. But in a twist of fate, the little dog turned up last September—in horrible condition, in the middle of a road in Mississippi. After the 65-year-old dog owner got a call from the microchip company in October, they were reunited. She said…
Missouri Artist Paints Huge Patriotic ‘Tribute Mural’ With Iwo Jima Flag Raising and Eagle
Staged with her paints set up and ready to go to town, Missouri artist Sandra Pemberton climbs the scaffold and with a piece of soapstone starts etching out, freehand on the sheet metal siding, the contours for a patriotic American mural. The 36-year-old painter from Neosho prefers to work without the hindrance of a projector…
Man Finds Note in a Bottle From 1974 Inside Wall of House—Tracks Down Worker Who Wrote It 50 Years Ago
November 13, 2021
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Peeling back the layers of a home during renovations is a bit like time travel. For one man in New South Wales, Australia, contractors demolishing his wall revealed a time capsule—a glass bottle containing a note—in a wall cavity in his Newcastle home. The home owner, Matt Streatfeild, was looking behind the plaster within the…
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