A Wisconsin family have their teenage son to thank for getting his four little sisters outside when their house caught fire earlier this month. The young hero, 13-year-old Briar Omar, and his siblings smelled smoke minutes after their parents left for the grocery store to pick up dinner Sept. 5. “Me and my sisters smelled…
13-Year-Old Boy Home Alone With 4 Younger Sisters Saves Siblings After House Catches Fire
Photos Show Sheriff’s Deputies Folding American Flag Saved From Barbwire Fence After Hurricane Ida
After Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands of Louisianans without power, and rendered over 10,000 homeless, one dad from Old Mandeville witnessed a site for sore eyes, offering some comfort. Businessman Shane Mutter, 42, was driving with his kids along Florida Street in St. Tammany Parish, en route to check on their home, when he…
Comfort Food, Lightened Up
Meatballs are a comfort food around the globe. Consider the Swedish kottbullar, Mexican albondigas, Indian koftes, Israeli ktzitzot, or French boules. They all use ground meat and are rolled into balls. From there, the meatball varies according to different tastes and available ingredients. These airy, fluffy meatballs are an easy-to-prepare weeknight dish. They’re lightened up…
Air Force Veteran and His Wife Celebrate 59 Years of Marriage, Recreate Wedding Photos
A U.S. Air Force veteran and his wife, both 79, recreated their wedding photos to celebrate 59 years of marriage. The bride donned her original wedding dress while the groom wore a tuxedo. Grandparents of five Karen and Gary Ryan decided to do the shoot after Karen found her old wedding dress in storage and noticed…
Alumni Donate $200,000 to Schools Bringing Hope During Pandemic
Colleen and William Mullin have donated $200,000 to three Philadelphia-area Catholic schools. They hope their money can help with students’ tuition as needed to support their finishing school. After selling their company two months ago, the Mullin couple decided to give back to the institutions that have influenced them most in their lives. On Sept. 16,…
A Year-Round Tomato Sauce
If you are like me and enjoy homemade tomato sauce year-round, this recipe is for you. It’s a great way to use up any lingering tomatoes at the end of the season. If the season has already finished, you can still manage a decent sauce with your supermarket variety. The key to developing the flavor…
Dig Up ‘King Solomon’s Mines’
When was the last time you read a book that got you started with a tattered map scratched out in blood? And imagine if that map led you on a perilous journey where scraps of an ominous legend brought you to a stony vault, which in turn descended to a lost treasure chamber, where presiding…
Widen the Gap With Homemade Bread
If you’ve read my book, “7 Money Rules for Life,” you know that rule No. 1 is so simple it would be easy to overlook it as being too elementary. Here it is: Spend less than you earn. Now, let’s think about this. “Spend less than you earn” is not the same as “Don’t spend…
Explaining Bottle Variation
If you pay strict attention to the wines you buy, you may notice that there often are slight differences between two bottles of the “same” wine. This phenomenon is called “bottle variation.” Wine makers know it’s a hard-to-avoid pitfall. In particular, with wines made in the millions of cases, variations can be great. A 10,000-gallon…
Lessons From Dad: A Simple List of 10
Dad says to: Be proud of who you are. You’re unique. Be careful with your words. They can easily hurt. Love with all your might. It’s all worth the risk. Laugh a lot. It’s good for your emotional and physical being. Cry when you need to. It’s God’s way of cleansing. Dream. Never stop dreaming….
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