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October 8, 2015

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The Martian, rescuing movie theaters everywhere

“Life is unsustainable in outer space.” Chilling words for those brave enough to enter the new frontier knowing that one mistake could be fatal for all.

Ask an Angel: October 8, 2015

I am a recent widow. My husband took care of all our finances and paperwork. I am overwhelmed to tackle this because I have been out of touch. How can I begin to understand all he used to take care of?

Letting the eclipse tell his side of the story

A lady walked up to me recently, shook my hand, and stared deeply—searchingly—into my eyes. “I just wanted to see the other half of your face,” she said.

The Barber of Seville Crystal Lake

Kudos to the Giangrande family for coming up with one of the most creative names for an Italian restaurant. We are referring to the da Baffone Cucina Italiana in Crystal Lake. This translates to “The Big Mustache” Italian Kitchen. After some serious schmoozing of our waiter, we discovered that in 1956 this location was a barber shop, hence the name.

Health Benefits Of Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is one of the most effective ways of getting rid of sugar cravings, shedding visible fat and eliminating unseen fat from the arteries over the entire body.

Leaves of change

Mary, my daughter, and I have discovered common ground. As a very capable 17-year-old, there is not a lot her mom can help her with. Help with homework? Haven’t been able to do that since elementary school. Help with cleaning her room? She would prefer not. Advice regarding friends? Very dangerous territory. College applications? BINGO! This is something I can help her with. She has completed 9 applications and has 3 more to do. For years, she has been editing my newspaper columns, now I am able to edit her college essays. I am so grateful for the time spent on this project together.

A summer in the Smokies, part 1

On top of Old Smokey, all covered in snow… Well, not in the middle of July with temperatures hovering between 90 and 100, but you are at 5,000+ feet so it does cool off fast.

Grandma: A profane trip

Now, twenty-four hours past my deadline, I picked the earliest movie I could get to, which was a morning matinee of Grandma. I should have called in sick.

Update on FloodSafe Washing Machine Hoses

Unless you turn off the water to the washing machine whenever it is not in use, the full water line pressure is on the hoses.

Ask an Angel: September 24, 2015

I lost my husband six months ago, and I feel lost and detached from life. My friends invite me to do things, but I don’t have any interest in participating in anything. I am busy with my children, but am so empty inside. How can I move on without bringing those around me down?

Ask an Angel: September 10, 2015

I have been advised to put a power of attorney in place. I have also heard the term “advance directive.” Are these the same?

Seeing the world through a good-guy’s eyes — as I see it

We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are. I think that might be the most insightful line I ever came up with—even though Anais Nin came up with it first. But still, I’m taking credit for it because I don’t think Nin should get all the credit just because she was born almost 50 years before me and got to say the line first.

A Walk in the Woods: Great scenery, little else

Most of us harbor some kind of wish or desire for that one great adventure in life. Mine was to drive to Alaska, and on June 13, 2002, I climbed into my Nissan Pathfinder and headed out. Even though I was in Salt Lake City at the time, it was still a 7,000-mile round trip and one I will never forget. During that entire time I only recall uttering one (minor) profanity, when I almost drove into a moose.

Intermittent fasting

Intermittent fasting is a term given to postponing breakfast and going without eating for a longer period of time between supper the night before and the first meal of the next day. Here is how it works.

Enter … “The Stockholm Zone”

Submitted for your approval, one Jim and Nancy Eggers, two restaurant critics, who are planning on spending a normal afternoon reviewing the Stockholm’s Restaurant and Brewery in Geneva. Little do they know they are about to enter…”The Stockholm Zone.”

Check These Out: September 10, 2015

For several hours a week I work at the Huntley Library re-shelving items. During this process, opportunity presents itself for me to peruse materi- als I’d not see while looking on my own. Very often I say to myself, Oh, that looks interesting…and then I keep it or jot down the info. I’ll share some with you that pique my interest.

Ask the Woodchucks: September 10, 2015

I need to do some minor paint touchup on interior doors and moldings on our 10-year-old Dearborn model. The original touch-up can of paint provided by Pulte has long ago dried up. The can had no brand name or specific color, although I believe it was called “antique white” and it appears to be a semi-gloss finish. What brand and color would you recommend I buy to try to match the original color interior trim in my house?

Much ado about shrubs

Playing games while driving in the car has always been fun for our family. While traveling to Grayslake earlier this summer, we invented a new game. It is called ‘Dead Ash’. The concept is that whenever you see a dead ash tree you try to be the first to yell ‘Dead Ash’. Fortunately and not surprisingly, I won.

Rocky Mountain High

Rocky Mountain High…Colorado; well actually, we’re actually going to be exploring the Tetons in Wyoming.

Mr. Holmes hasn’t got a clue

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

When I was growing up, eating breakfast was the most important meal of the day. We usually had a big bowl of cereal with skim milk, pancakes, waffles, or French toast smothered with syrup, topped off with a big glass of orange juice.

Cultivating experience

It seems that kind words so often come at just the right time. Although I try to be the one uttering the kind words, sometimes I am also the one hearing them.

A restaurant that gets all “A”s

All that hard work of bobbing in the pool on a lazy Sunday afternoon sure can work up an appetite. Since we heard nothing but good things about Art and Alma’s Century Inn in Burlington, we decided to see if they could satisfy our hunger.

Ask an Angel: August 27, 2015

My husband and I recently moved to the area and shortly after, he passed away unexpectedly. Now, I feel lost and alone and just don’t have direction. I want to get involved in life, but I just don’t know how. What can put me back into life?

The best place for helping hands may be in your pockets

On my nature-trail bike ride not long ago, I passed an older man poking a turtle with his cane. It was a snapping turtle—not a big one by snapper standards, but probably newly mature. And it took the poking with grim determination, rather than with a hiss and gaping jaws as you would think a snapper might.

Wireless interference

If you and several of your neighbors have suddenly had problems getting your garage door to open with the remote, you could be experiencing wireless interference. One street in Sun City has seven houses with this problem. Some would only work when the remote was held very close to the door, but some would not open at all.