In October even the pastel flower gardeners want to walk on the scary side. So spook your neighbors — speak the language of black plants. Not a wholesale garden redo (unless you want to let your inner Morticia Addams out), a few planters and window boxes oozing black foliage and flowers should do the trick-or-treat....
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Giving Birth After 50: Miraculous or Morally Wrong?
In a fascinating article that recently appeared in New York Magazine, writer Lisa Miller outlines and ultimately defends the current boom of men and women becoming parents at age 50 and beyond. The article begins with an anecdote – a couple meet and fall in love when she’s 47 and he’s 54. Through a donor...
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Gadget Review: Amimon’s WHDI Stick
If you are thinking of setting up a home theater and don’t want to worry about where to put your media playback equipment relative to the TV, a WHDI device could be the answer. Wireless Digital Home Interface is a technology designed to wirelessly connect video playback devices to displays. Members of the WHDI consortium,...
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Bile Bear Farm Horrors: Mother Bear Kills Cub and Then Itself
If the Sarah Mclachlan ASPCA ad for abused animals makes your heart sink, the idea of caged bears kept under inhumane conditions to have their gall bladders milked daily for use as a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) might bring you to tears. Even more heart wrenching is a recent report of a mother bear killing...
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Dispelling the Royal Wedding Myrtle Myth
Time to correct a myth about royal weddings. Yes, British royal brides do carry a sprig of myrtle in their bouquets. No, the myrtle does not come from Queen Victoria’s wedding bouquet. You know we’re all in mad royal wedding mode when we’re even talking about sprigs of myrtle and their provenance. But let’s set...
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Kate Holds Tight to the Language of Flowers
Oh so many messages in Kate’s bouquet. She’s a new fan of the Victorian Language of Flowers. This must be what happens when you design your own coat of arms. You get caught up in the symbolism of plants and animals. Remember Sarah Ferguson’s own coat of arms with bees and thistles? She had them...