Aug
31
2010
For me it’s not the drop in temperature or the falling leaves that make it seem like fall is coming. It’s the return of the pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks
Aug
31
2010
The Duncan House in Jonesborough, which is now the headquarters for the Heritage Alliance, began as a simple home that once rested on the outskirts of town, and functioned as the main residence on a working farm. And …
Aug
30
2010
Beautiful nature surrounds the Pittsburgh area, and gorgeous countryside road trips abound. Here’s a day trip to a destination where the inner, hidden beauty matches the outer beauty: the Laurel Caverns, located near …
Aug
29
2010
4. A woman who owned gingerbread McMansion in New Hampshire had a 50 foot “Rapunzel like tower” added to the property.
Aug
29
2010
Mabel Lang, 92, a prominent scholar, archaeologist, and professor emeritus at Bryn Mawr College who was beloved for her introductory course on Greek and for stage-managing faculty shows, died of heart failure …
Aug
27
2010
Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about gingerbread people, but also with books about gingerbread houses. For example, the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel. Click here for a template of a …
Aug
27
2010
My kids definitely inherited my sweet tooth and always ask for a jolly rancher here or a tootsie roll there. So if they are going to eat sweets, the least I can do is try to make the situation fun and creative …
Aug
26
2010
The Shrek we meet at the start of “Shrek Forever After” is a shell of an ogre: mean and green on the outside, but all mellow yellow inside. Married life and fatherhood have made him soft, and no longer scary …
Aug
26
2010
IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI When counselors asked the children at the Plas Timoun psychological therapy center to draw, what came out on the paper were images of crumbled houses, severed limbs and blood spurting …
Aug
25
2010
These are a great “side dish” with a fall-themed Succos meal. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.