A while back, it occurred to me that many of the sauces and spreads we use are almost always easy enough to make. I’m going to start a series of easy sauces to make that have multiple applications! For example, mayonnaise is the main ingredient in some salad dressings, like creamy coleslaw or even a… Read more »
A friend of mine said we must listen when somebody speaks from the heart. When someone is sincere, candid, or vulnerable, it’s time to lend a heartfelt ear. She also said, we must put our biases aside. When you write a reflective essay, you speak from the heart. But what exactly is a reflective essay?… Read more »
Album: Greatest Hits Artist: Spice Girls I don’t think there’s ever been a girl group as influential as the Spice Girls. Their massive success in the late 90s has inspired the emergence of other pop acts over the last two decades such as *NSYNC, The Pussycat Dolls, and, more recently, Fifth Harmony. It’s easy to… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, my neighbor has a small black dog that has a huge growth of some kind on its stomach. It is so big it almost touches the ground. The poor dog walks awkwardly because of the weight of this thing. I have talked to her and she always says, “oh its fine, he… Read more »
Have you ever wanted to tell a story, perhaps about your life? Well then, you’ve likely wanted to write what is called a narrative essay. It’s the kind of essay that starts with vivid visuals of the scene—from the scents to the sounds to a smorgasbord for the senses—and ends with a deep reflection. According… Read more »
Having a runny nose has a whole new meaning this year. The response script of “quick, run and catch it” has morphed into “eek, go get tested”. Life as living pathology, sigh, that’s reality at the outset of the 20’s. But wait, on Hallowe’en anything goes, right? Our dress can express the social and mental… Read more »
Halloween is slowing creeping in, although you’d never know it by all the decorations that showed up in the stores in mid-September! Such is the life of a consumer. This week I thought I’d make a sweet tooth favorite, candied apples! I’m drooling just thinking about them. Whether you’re a parent, DINK(Double Income No Kids),… Read more »
Freelancers want to succeed. So, how can you earn six-figures freelancing during COVID? Let’s look at this question upside down. Let’s instead ask, How can you earn a rock bottom salary—yes, next to nil? Now, that’s the devil’s advocate. Once we know that, then avoiding it should be a piece of cake, right? Jennifer Goforth… Read more »
Dear Barb: Like everyone else I am getting so tired of this virus. My husband and I are stuck in the house working from home and limiting contact with others. At least during the summer, we were able to get out; now that the cold weather is here and cases are on the rise we… Read more »
In Latin the word vulgaris refers to something common, but we’re not at AU because we’re average, right? We’re here to transcend our ordinary lives by bettering ourselves through education. With that in mind we can all recall absorbing common ideologies about personal learning styles. It’s a song as old as rhyme: each of us… Read more »