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THE PERFECT CUP OF TEA For about twenty years off and on, I have been part of an online discussion group, the Copyediting-L. Though th...

The poet A.E.Housman   is usually associated with World War I and Shropshire, but he also wrote a moving poem about Londoners, in which...

  “How would you like to spend the summer in Colorado?” When Bill Miller, my senior editor at Rand McNally, asked me that rhetorical ques...

Exercising at home is relatively easy, because it becomes part of a routine life. You can easily plan to walk to work, join a health clu...

  Yesterday I wanted to know something about one of the characters in War and Peace. Knowing that my 1946 Encyclopaedia Britannica ...

The view from Cape Perpetua During the past few years I have had the privilege of seeing many national parks and other beautiful are...

As a one-time bacteriologist, I have always been interested in the biology and practical uses for bacteria and fungi. Everything from wi...

People in a town near here are so enthusiastic about recycling that they have actually opted for increasing their utility bills to ensure ...

For anyone who is nervous about health, the RV life offers many tempting opportunities for angst. The potluck dinners at campgrounds may hav...

In a recent magazine article, [i] writer Lisa Hymas brought up a subject that many of us environmentalists are afraid to touch: choosing...