I know the big day is a few days away, but the three weeks between Thanksgiving and now have flown by. No, I didn’t decorate my house or listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Remember ...
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The holiday season sparks a significant increase in consumer spending. This year, Black Friday alone saw consumers shell out a record $11.8 billion. It’s the time of year when many Americans make ...
It may not be immediately obvious, given the opulence of this multi-generational, two-storey home in the New Territories, but when asked to infuse a contemporary aesthetic into its interiors, designer ...
A few weeks back, a “brands vs. trees” graphic caught my attention and I played along. Naming the logos came easily, and I quickly identified six out of six logos correctly. Then came the leaves and ...
One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the ...
When I was a kid, we always had a ceiling-high red cedar as a Christmas tree. Although they are prickly trees that can cause severe itching, they had one feature I particularly enjoyed. The week after ...
The season may just be turning to winter, but spring and summer were already on the minds of some in Chenango County during December 1925. As the Norwich Sun of Dec. 12 reported, “It now seems that ...
A buddy is someone who’ll have a beer with you when you’ve fallen on hard times. A pal is someone who’ll loan you his socket set. A friend is someone who’ll offer to let you sit his best deer stand ...
A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate ...
When is an art museum not an art museum? Among myriad potential answers is this one: When it’s the Joshua Tree Art Museum. JTAM is a surprising, even fanciful project at the dusty edge of a barren ...