Opinion
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Easter lunch should be special, not stressful
Sitting down to a bountiful lunch on Easter Sunday has been an American tradition for decades. However, for many, it can be a stressful day, juggling church services, family time and other activities with cooking a special meal complete with an often-tricky baked ham. But it really doesn’t have to be a meal you…
Read MoreCoffee Time: “TRAPPED WITH NOWHERE TO RUN”
Enjoy feeling anxious and blue? Concentrate on what is happening in the world now, that’ll do it for you. The impossible price of food and housing. Crooked politics. Illegal drugs. Riots. …
Read MoreCoffee Time: “YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT GIBBS”
How do you navigate in this scary world?
The way I see it, for most of us it is a matter of one of three possibilities. You either walk by sight – looking at what is in front of you and making a …
Read MoreMovie Review: “Dune: Part Two”
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic “Dune” back in …
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: Start planning now for (some form of ) Easter cheesecake
Easter is on the horizon and that means it’s time to start thinking about cheesecake. Some think about (and make) cheesecake all year long, but for the most part, the thick, cream …
Read MoreCoffee Time: “I YAM WHO I YAM”
Remember the old TV cartoon “Popeye The Sailor Man?” He had a favorite saying: “I yam what I yam and dat’s all I yam.” And poor old Olive Oyl could never get him to see himself any other way. A popular song put out in the last few years made me remember Popeye and how…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training”
Prior to “Hashira Training,” my exposure to the “Demon Slayer” anime series was limited to the 2020 film “Mugen Train.” Well, that and all the cosplayers I see …
Read MoreKara’s Sights & Bites: An old classic – cast iron – makes a comeback
Seconds away from pulling a frozen pizza from the supermarket freezer case last week, I glanced at the nutritional info. Learning that a couple of slices, or roughly one-fourth of the pizza, contained close to 800 grams of sodium sent my blood pressure soaring without taking a single bite. Realizing that I’d likely already consumed…
Read MoreHudson’s Journey: EXTRA Acts of Kindness
March is here and the old saying, “out like a lion, in like a lamb” may be true about the weather; but it’s also about everything that was cold finding a new warmth. Blooming, …
Read MoreCoffee Time: WHY SO MANY ‘THOU SHALT NOT?’
Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?” If you think that, you are not alone. Many people feel the …
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