In the mid-1990s, Mrs. Irene Harrison (1890–1999) several times stayed in the bed-and-breakfast my wife and I operated in Waynesville, North Carolina. Daughter of famed tire entrepreneur Frank Seiberling, this centenarian was a gracious lady with a distinctly conservative take on politics. Once when she and her son were discussing politics in the living room,…
Wave Photographer Captures Glasslike Insides of Surf Waves That Look Unreal Thru His Lens
June 11, 2023
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Roaring waves and mewing ocean birds penetrate the pre-dawn darkness. Nick Selway, who has lived here in Hawaii for 14 years, parks and enters before the gate opens. He then walks 20 minutes down to the shore where the water is warm—around 80 degrees. His goal is to photograph the magic of a sunrise shining…
Toddler Who’s Been Climbing Since She Was 11 Months Can Now Scale 52-Foot Walls
Meet the toddler who’s been climbing since she was 11 months old and can now scale 52-foot- (approx 15.8-meter-) high walls. Four-year-old Isla Murr, from Sydney, Australia, started to walk at 9 months old, and just two months later, she was up climbing things. Isla’s mom, Lucy Murr, 29, noticed her unusual climbing ability and started…
Enjoy Awarding-Winning Movie and Meet the Cast While Touring a Hudson River Castle
June 10, 2023
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With summer arriving, give yourself a relaxing weekend on an island in the Hudson River, visit an old Scottish castle, and watch an award-winning crime movie. An island on the Hudson River, a castle, and a crime movie? The three things together sound a little outlandish. But on Saturday June 17, it’s happening. The director…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Ruggles of Red Gap’
NR | 1 h 30 min | Comedy | 1935 If you’ve read P.G. Wodehouse’s side-splitting novels on the English valet Jeeves, you’ll appreciate the whiplash humor in “Ruggles of Red Gap.” If you haven’t, director Leo McCarey shows you what you’re missing. England’s early 20th-century Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young) loses his beloved valet,…
How AI Is Transforming the Accounting Industry and What the Future Will Look Like
By Matt Bontrager You can’t survive in a fast-paced environment without financial management—there is no argument with that. Bookkeeping is the key to surviving that environment. Historically, bookkeeping has been a labor-intensive and time-consuming process. We are going to see a sweeping shift in how our early adopters in this industry leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) effectively:…
Book Review: ‘Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War’
Dawson died in 1970 after half a century of significant publication. His reputation fell into the usual trough of posthumous neglect, but by the 1990s it had recovered, leading to various studies of his thought, new editions of his books (including a Collected Works series published by the Catholic University of America Press), and several…
5 Easy Finger Foods for Your Next Summer Party
By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For many of us, summer is the best time to throw a party. Getting everybody outside onto the porch, yard, or patio means you don’t have to worry about cleaning the house or squeezing a ton of people into a crowded space. Also, summer entertaining tends to be more…
Unveiling the Versatility of Toile
By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Servic I’ve previously waxed poetic about my adoration of textiles. Just last week we explored the rich history of Indian block printing. You may even know that in my past life I worked for a batik company. That fondness has only deepened in recent years. As a lover of…
It’s Prime Time for Small-Company Stocks
By Nellie S. Huang From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Small-company stocks are often the canaries in the market’s coal mine. Typically defined as stocks with a market value of less than $10 billion, their prices usually peak and then decline before large-company stock prices do in anticipation of a top in the economic cycle or a…
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