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Book Recommendation: ‘Gila Lost and Found: Search and Rescue in New Mexico’

I have a special fondness for New Mexico and its intrinsic natural beauty. Many of my cousins (on my mother’s side) reside there, predominantly around Albuquerque and Socorro. Known as “The Land of Enchantment,” New Mexico is a large state, ranking fifth among the 50 in total area, and boasting a range of landscapes from…


Products We Used to Love—Do We Still Love Them? (4 Years Later)

When it comes to products that were tried and well-loved before, do they still continue to hold a dear place in our hearts? Felicia and Rowena will take a trip down memory lane as they revisit and react to their popular 4-year-old video on skincare routines for oily + acne-prone and dry-dehydrated skin (2018). They’ll…


How to Properly Repot a Houseplant (Without the Mess)

Keeping plants alive is one thing, but knowing exactly when (and more importantly how) to repot a plant requires a whole new level of indoor gardening know-how. The right gardening tools are required, of course, but it turns out you don’t necessarily need a green thumb in order to properly repot your most hard-earned indoor…


Irish Music Hits All the Right Notes

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone’s always ready to sing his or her “party piece.” Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or showmanship. Nearly every Irish household has some kind of musical instrument. That love is especially strong for traditional Irish music. You can…


Film Review: ‘It Ain’t Over’: Yogi Berra Documentary’s a Home Run

PG | 1h 38 m | Sports, Documentary | May 12, 2023 As a football fan, I was always primarily aware of the late Yogi Berra as an American cultural icon. My baseball-fan dad also knew the man born as Lorenzo Pietro Berra for the legendary New York Yankee ballplayer he was. Sports documentary “It Ain’t Over,” Sean…


Five Invisible Events That Can Cost Home Sellers a Bundle

Dear Monty: We recently sold our home. We were planning on using an agent we knew. He worked for one of the large companies in our city. He came and looked at our home and took many photos and notes. He also measured the house. We felt he was very thorough. A few days later,…


So You Think Money Is for Spending? We Need To Talk

It took me a dreadfully long time to understand this important truth: Money is not for spending. It is for managing first, and then for spending. It takes courage to believe it, but when you do, it will profoundly change the way you think about and manage your money. Imagine this: It’s Friday, a day…


Book Review: ‘The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs’

In his follow up to his incredible debut, “The Bucharest Dossier,” William Maz takes the reader on an adventure back to Bucharest a few years after the dismantling of the USSR, the fall of communism, and Romania’s Christmas Revolution. “The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs” is the second in the series, of which,…


Go Bankless With a Cash-Only Lifestyle

Even though most Americans regularly use credit cards, many still operate on a cash-only basis. After recent bank collapses, more Americans have taken their money out of the banking system and are looking to go bankless. According to the Federal Reserve, in 2020, about 81 percent of Americans were “fully-banked.” It means that they did…


‘Six Lynx Were All Around Me, Sitting in the Snow’: Photographer’s Journey to Capture Rare Wildlife

When photographer Jean-Simon Bégin came across not one but six lynx in a snowstorm, the event was “like a dream.” “I believe I am one of the only humans in the world to have experienced this closeness with six wild lynx,” Bégin told The Epoch Times. The 32-year-old professional painter and wildlife photographer searched for…