Category: Arts Entertainments

Spunky. That’s the word you could use to describe the woman in her eighties who lives in the senior center. A few more adjectives would have to be added to do it justice. How about juvenile? Fun lover? Adorable? Life of the party? Holy? Yes, those and more could have accurately described Fay Sunnenshine. But …

PLANT GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY. (Part 5) There are three kinds of plants. Each of these classes is metabolized in a different way. The first class are succulent plants called CAMs. These plants like low light and high humidity levels, so they thrive indoors in bathrooms and kitchen areas. The second class of plants is called …

A recent article in the Times caught my eye. I was discussing the notion of “extreme jobs.” I think most of us can agree with the idea that there has been an inexorable increase in the pressure on us to always be available, working longer and longer hours and still prepared to answer a client’s …

My Good Kissing Cat (the subject of my article, “How to Teach a Cat to Kiss”) is a five-year-old neutered male mongrel. When another kitten took refuge in my house, I was worried because I wasn’t sure how my first cat would react. Would you be happy to have a playmate? Or would I be …

In the summer of 1880, Billy Thompson was in a saloon shooting in Ogallala, Nebraska. After the shooting, the law kept him under surveillance at the only hotel in town, The Ogallala House, until he could be tried and hanged, which was a foregone conclusion for all residents. His brother Ben Thompson, a prominent gambler …

First of all, I need to define what a “beef” is for those of you reading this who may not be aware of hip hop lingo. A beef is a term used in hip hop culture to describe a grudge between two people. In normal society, a grudge for the most part can occur without …

Perhaps the dream vacation of every American on the mainland is to visit the Hawaiian Islands. Who wouldn’t want to see the beautiful sights of this American paradise? But there is another American island that few people know about. That is the island of Guam. Located in the islands of Micronesia, Guam sits between Asia …

A very simple piano song for beginners to learn and play is Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds. It was written by American songwriter Mark James and given to Elvis Presley to release as a single and it turned out to be one of his most popular hits. It was originally written on guitar, but features some …

Of course, people who purchase any product must search for it in some way. Yet today, we summon our “cash cow” almost effortlessly through simplified click-and-send schemes that have increased in speed and potential reach. This is mainly due to the never-ending advancement of high-tech devices that are the functional equivalents of portable mega-retail outlets. …

I open the large Haveli doors onto the terrace that leads to the lush gardens where a magnificent natural pink sandstone sculpture of Buddha resides, seated with bowl, in earth-touching mudra. The Maharaja Elephant, ornately carved from black granite with its trunk up, brings back the grandeur of the old days. Surrounded by old oak …