Tag: Bright

Green Pea & Asparagus Soup with Feta, Mint & Pita Croutons

View the print-ready version of this recipe. With a bunch of asparagus sitting on my countertop, a bag of peas in my freezer, and mint growing out of control in my garden, I created this green pea and asparagus soup on a whim. To give it a Mediterranean twist, I added feta cheese and pita…


‘Forever Friendships’: Conservative, Older Women’s Travel Group Is Booming

Between the elections and a pandemic, 2020 brought about deep divisions that made it difficult for people to reach out and form connections during a time when it was needed most. In the aftermath, Deborah Schutt, Kim Kalan, and Jane Rabe, entrepreneurs with plenty of travel experience, had embarked on a venture to get women…


All You Need to Know About Living Off Dividends

Preparing for retirement may take more time, money, and effort than you think. It is especially harder to transition this year as inflationary pressures intensify. Although it may benefit savers and lenders, its impact is less desirable than we think. It erodes the value of dollars and, in turn, hurts the purchasing power of consumers….


Know Any Joans? May 30 Is Your Day

If one hopes to one day join the ranks of the saints in heaven, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to get to know a few more of them first. While I wasn’t raised Catholic by any means (I’m the daughter of a pastor), I have realized that the world of saints is a truly rich and…


Which to Choose: Mark Twain’s Short Story, ‘The Five Boons of Life’

Throughout our lives, we desire many different gifts but rarely desire death. We come to fear our end and so seek what we think are better gifts, rather than face what is the end of all mortals. Yet, in his short story, “The Five Boons of Life,” Mark Twain focuses on how we should see…


‘Children Drown Without a Sound’: Video Shows First Responder Dad Pulling Infant Son From Pool

Footage of a father saving his infant son from drowning in the family pool has gone viral and is now serving as a public service announcement for all parents ahead of summer. On May 16, a home security camera in Southern California captured the heart-stopping moment an infant boy slipped into his family’s backyard pool,…


Baby in the Womb Undergoes First-of-Its-Kind Surgery to Place 23 Coils in Her Brain, Is Now Thriving

Doctors have saved a baby’s life in utero with an aggressive, life-threatening brain malformation that could have led to heart failure, severe brain injury, or death after birth. Two months on, the baby’s parents are looking back at their daughter’s extraordinary story. Filmmaker and photographer Derek Coleman, 39, and his wife, human resources professional Kenyatta…


Miner Finds Grapefruit-Sized Fur Ball Now Deemed a ‘Perfectly Preserved’ 30,000-Year-Old Squirrel

When a gold miner found a stiff ball of fur in Yukon, Canada, he had no idea what it was at first. Closer inspection showed that the grapefruit-sized clump contained tiny hands and claws, a tail, and ears—with scientists concluding that the creature is, in fact, a mummified squirrel from the Ice Age. X-rays revealed…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Hard Boiled’

1992 | R | 2h 8m | Action, Drama, War Having established himself as one of the world’s most innovative action directors during the 1980s, with “A Better Tomorrow” (1986), “A Better Tomorrow 2” (1987), and “The Killer” (1989), Hong-Kong-reared John Woo quickly garnered for himself a cult following and was considered to be a…


Paradise Lost?

Have you ever looked around and thought to yourself that there’s so much evil that it seems like there’s hell on earth? It seems like violence, lust, anger, dishonesty, and discord have become the norm. Or has it? Is there still positivity among us despite the steady stream of negativity? In the last part of…