Lifestyle Columns
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French onion soup from Julia Child need not be intimidatingNov 17, 2020 10:00 pm - I love everything about Julia Child — with the exception of actually making her recipes. I guess you could say I was intimidated. Then I saw an article about her favorit...
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Thanksgiving wouldn't be as delicious without those favorite side dishesNov 17, 2020 10:00 pm - Norman Rockwell's famous Thanksgiving dinner painting, "Freedom From Want," features a family gathered around a Thanksgiving dinner table. A bowl of composed fruit, cove...
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Constable: What to call people? Just plain folksNov 17, 2020 4:30 am - Last week in a column about Deerfield High School's being the first in the nation to perform the LGBTQ+ play “Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,” I had a hankering to...
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You deserve a work-life balance, even if you're child-free in a pandemicNov 15, 2020 5:10 am - Q: I'm the reader who wrote about being a weary child-free worker in a federal workplace where parents were being allowed full pay for reduced hours. Many of my co-worke...
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Buyer surprised by rusty pipesNov 15, 2020 5:00 am - Q: My daughter recently bought a condo. After moving in, she found that the faucets have rust-colored water when they are first turned on. Our plumber says the old steel...
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Can a board require a member to resign?Nov 14, 2020 6:00 am - Q: The board of our association requires new board members to sign a "board member oath." It includes some very good guidance to board members. It also includes a provis...
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COVID vaccine will be different from common vaccinesNov 14, 2020 5:00 am - The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech have announced their vaccine is 90% protective against the COVID-19 virus in phase 3 trials. This is great news because ...
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The mailbox and other small reminders of lossNov 14, 2020 5:00 am - I just went out and got the mail. I do so faithfully every day because of my dear husband Baheej. He loved getting mail and picking up the mail from the mailbox. Most co...
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Constable: A lifetime shared together ends with COVID-19Nov 14, 2020 12:00 am - Carmen and Mary Siciliano started married life in a one-room apartment during World War II. They ended it 76 years later in a fifth-floor hospital room they shared with ...
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Security deposit dispute is an avoidable problemNov 13, 2020 6:01 am - Q. My wife and I purchased a four-flat about six months ago. There were four existing tenants and all had written leases except one. We received a credit for the securit...