See if you can hear this: you’re sitting on your porch drinking your morning coffee. The cool, crisp air blows through the leaves on the tree, or the equivalent of 20 decibels. Off in the distance you ...

Perfectly-named and powerful, "Naked Thoughts" (Gilberte Publishing, 2025 ) by multi-award-winning writer Marina Brown contains 58 poems that invite readers into beauty and soul-searching — explored ...

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When a backyard becomes a battlefield, social media notices. A recent Reddit post on r/BackYardChickens has gotten lots of attention after a frustrated homeowner shared their struggle with a ...

I'm talking about hotel rooms some theme park goers book and pay for to access valuable guest privileges, without intending to stay there. One of the biggest benefits is at Universal Orlando Resort, ...

Washington Watch What else can Canada and Mexico do to avoid Trump’s tariffs? America’s neighbors may slap new tariffs on China. Treasury secretary talks up Mexico’s proposal to match U.S. tariffs on ...

I own a lake house. It’s not a waterfront property, but it’s in a nice area where several families have permanent residence. A local family — husband and wife — lost everything in their home to a ...

DEAR ABBY: Our neighbors, “Wanda” and “Bob,” have agreed to care for our house and cat when we vacation. We told them we’d like to pay them for their troubles, but Wanda says they want to do it for ...