Raising chickens is an all-around great experience for kids. Chickens are productive, pleasant to be around, and a provide a variety of learning experiences for your kids. I had a small chicken flock for years and because chickens are easy to care for and are relatively low maintenance, most kids will be able to easily…
Lemon-Olive Oil Tart Is a Perfect Way to End Your Easter Celebration
While most lemon tart recipes feature butter in both the crust and the filling, in this recipe we use extra-virgin olive oil to take some of the fuss out of your prep work. Simply mix flour, sugar and salt with the oil and a little water until a soft dough forms; crumble it into the…
How to Travel With Children, According to This Globetrotting Texas Mother
By Sarah Bahari From The Dallas Morning News Dallas—Traveling with kids can be both an adventure and an occasional exercise in humiliation. The prospect alone fills some parents with dread: visions of sleepless babies, cranky toddlers and long, tortuous flights from which there is no escape. But a Frisco mom wants to ease some of…
Dear Cheapskate: Drowning in Debt, Bouquet Garni How-To, Quilt Rescue
It’s mailbag day, when I reach into my virtual mailbag and pull out a few questions from my dear readers, attempting to respond with specific help and resources. Dear Cheapskate: How can I find a good financial counselor? We are not covering our monthly obligations and falling further and further behind. I am a nervous…
9 Simple Ways to Reduce Allergens in Your Home
You’re not just imagining it: Pollen allergy season gets worse every year. Hotter temps translate to more potent pollen, which comes from trees, grasses, flowers and weeds, for a longer period of time. Ragweed, birch, sagebrush, cedar and oak are some of the most common pollen allergens. And while you can’t do much to control…
Australia Discreetly Discontinues AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine
April 5, 2023
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The Australian government has quietly removed approval from the Vaxzevria AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has been linked to rare but the serious side effect of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (TTS) involving blood clots combined with low levels of blood platelets. The federal health department updated its website to advise that the vaccine developed in the United…
Finding the Middle of the Pacific: Mangareva
I’ve always been a map guy. Even as a little kid, my constant companion was an oversized Rand McNally road atlas that I’d haul around the house, curling up on the couch in the living room and tracing with my finger the blue lines of interstates, and curling red threads of rural two-lanes. I’d sit…
Tiny Island, Two Nations: St. Martin
Blink, and you could easily miss it. And keep your passport in your pocket; you definitely won’t need that. Driving from south to north, you’ll simply see a sign welcome you to the “French Side,” and from north to south, the “Dutch Side.” But beyond the technicalities of division and governance, it’s undeniable that there’s…
A Sherry-Driven Andalusian Adventure
It’s a corner of Spain that remains well off the main tourist track, nowhere near the popular cities of Madrid, Barcelona, or Málaga. Set on an Andalusian islet in the southwest corner of the country, the port city of Cádiz has been welcoming ships from around the world since ancient times—and they’ve all left their…
One Day to Find Old San Juan
It was once a renowned redoubt, built almost five centuries ago to protect Spanish assets in the New World. Rising on a steep promontory next to the water, this registered historic site is still formidable. Walls and turrets overlook San Juan Bay, with the fort’s cannons still fixed and ready to fire on an enemy…
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