by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 15, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—Q: The house next door was recently sold, and there is construction going on day and night. The workers are loud and have no consideration for our privacy. We have not felt comfortable spending time in our yard due to the noise and being watched. They still have...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 10, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—There is no mistaking a sweet potato. You can’t eat one and wonder whether it is, perhaps, a zucchini. No one has ever sampled one and confused it with a turnip. It is impossible to take one for broccoli, or even a regular potato. Sweet potato is a sweet...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 9, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—Valentine’s Day was the scariest day of the year when I was a kid. It was before the Mandatory Valentine Edict went into effect—the rule that requires every kid to give every other kid in the class a valentine whether you like them or not. Liking everybody...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 7, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—To mitigate the risk of COVID-19 exposure, a number of colleges across the U.S. have amended their academic calendars to eliminate spring break, thereby reducing student travel and minimizing the potential for travel-related COVID-19 exposure. Nevertheless,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 4, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News, Opinion |
(TNS)—First-time plant parents love low-maintenance pothos and sansevieria because they are easy, but what about fussy staples like orchids and fiddle-leaf figs? It should come as no surprise that many of the people who bonded with their houseplants while stuck at...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 2, 2021 | Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—As I write this, I’m sitting at my computer on a small enclosed porch in the upstairs of my house. I am, essentially, in the treetops. From the big windows I can watch the ever-busy squirrels, the woodpeckers pounding away at the suet feeder, the...