November 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Thanksgiving is, as the moniker suggests, all about giving thanks. During a year when most of us plan to spend the day in locations separate from our nearest and dearest, this might seem like an impossible challenge. Read story
November 18, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
What America needs now is healing — and waffles. Read story
November 11, 2020, 8:10pm Clark County Life
To distract myself from politics and viruses (two equally illness-inducing things), I spent last week doing some experimental cookery. I mean to say, I played with my toaster. Read story
November 4, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
Although they grow well in our climate, persimmons seem like an exotic fruit, not often found in fruit bowls alongside apples, oranges and bananas. As for me, I’m simply mad about them. I’d rather have a luscious, ripe persimmon than a bowl of ice cream, and that’s really saying something,… Read story
October 28, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
The French perfected onion soup, but America took it a step further, turning it into a space-age dehydrated and powdered substance with enough sodium to knock out a goat, conveniently tucked into a single-serving envelope. What’s not to love? Nothing, especially when you pause to consider the alarming possibility that,… Read story
October 25, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
Many folks are approaching the holidays this year with a certain amount of trepidation. The next few months could be a bit odd — Thanksgiving for two, anyone? — but perhaps the best thing to do is to simply embrace the weirdness. While we may forego some beloved traditions, we… Read story
October 22, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life
Saturday is National Make a Difference Day. It’s celebrated with enthusiasm in Clark County, where we have many eager volunteers and many organizations that offer Make a Difference Day events. Sadly, the pandemic has put the kibosh on some of these gatherings this year, but not all of them. Here… Read story
October 21, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life
The 18th century English writer and noted wit Sydney Smith said it best: “Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.” Smith was also a cleric in the Anglican church, so it’s safe to… Read story
October 14, 2020, 4:04pm Clark County Life
I’m going to come clean: I love those buttery round crackers named after a pricey hotel chain. I love their cheerful golden color. I love their crispy, flaky layers. I love the way they taste with cheese. I eschewed these crispy crackers for years because of their relatively high fat… Read story
October 11, 2020, 5:19am Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy treatments can be singularly unnerving, even though cancer clinics are designed with patients’ comfort in mind. Read story
