Lifestyle Columns
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Good News Sunday: Meet the players in the Mount Prospect-based women's golf league that's been around since 1941Oct 03, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A women's golf league based in Mount Pro...
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Home inspector disputes the house detectiveOct 03, 2021 6:00 am - Q: As a veteran home inspector, I take exception to a recommendation in one of your columns. You advised that home inspectors urge their clients to do a permit check at ...
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Unit owners allowed to do some business at homeOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - Q: The covenants for our association prohibit using units for a business purpose. One of the owners is a sales person who represents several different lines of clothing ...
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'Grief is for grieving' means this emotion has a purposeOct 02, 2021 6:00 am - By Susan Anderson-Khleif Seneca, the ancient philosopher (65 A.D.), wrote: "Grief is for grieving." That it is not a problem to be solved. I feel there is a lot of wisdo...
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Simple furnace maintenance you can do yourselfOct 02, 2021 6:00 am - Q: My furnace seems to be working properly, but I want to keep it running at its highest efficiency. Are there any simple furnace maintenance tasks I can regularly do my...
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Coldly computer-animated 'The Addams Family 2' hits a creative wallOct 01, 2021 8:00 am - “The Addams Family 2” - ★ ½ “The Addams Family” creator Charles Addams wouldn't just spin in his grave after seeing the cinematic abomination “The Addams Family 2,” he'...
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'A dream come true': 4 brain surgeries, 24/7 headaches won't keep runner from Boston MarathonOct 01, 2021 6:00 am - Headache sufferers generally take some medication and take it easy until the pain subsides. But when every day of your life starts and ends with a headache, the only cho...
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Widescreen: One treat for fraidy cats, one treat for horror hounds as Spooky Season beginsSep 30, 2021 6:00 am - Hear ye, hear ye! Being that it is October the First, his royal highness Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, declares that Spooky Season has officially begun. Time for T...
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Constable: Traumatic life leads to healing journey for author from Elk GroveSep 30, 2021 5:00 am - The tumultuous engagement between Gabby Petito and fiance Brian Laundrie ended with her death in Grand Teton National Park, and it has some people wondering why she stay...
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Potts: Make peace with the past to live more happily in the presentSep 29, 2021 11:00 pm - To get to know the people I work with in counseling, we usually spend a number of sessions taking about their personal history. We look at which people were important in...