Lifestyle
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What's eating your garden? Rabbits and deer and voles, oh my!Sep 02, 2023 11:00 pm - Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can b...
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Water exercises good for people with Parkinson's diseaseSep 02, 2023 7:00 am - Q: A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She has been told that exercise - especially swimming - can be helpful. She isn't a strong swimmer a...
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Learning to cope with life's small, bothersome disappointmentsSep 02, 2023 6:00 am - We all know there are wonderful parts of everyday life but, of course, life also has disappointments. These disappointments are usually not catastrophes, but bothersome ...
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Book Review: 'Holler, Child' is a profound short story collection about Black lives in America
Sep 02, 2023 6:00 am - "Holler, Child" by LaToya Watkins (Tiny Reparations Books) LaToya Watkins has surpassed the high bar set by her beautifully crushing debut novel, "Perish...
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If you mail them, they will come (back): A baseball card collector's adventure in autograph huntingSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - As long as companies have been printing baseball cards, fans have been getting them autographed. To the uninitiated, an autograph may just be a scribble of ink on a piec...
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Suburban Skyview: Suburban Skyview: Friday Night Lights from 400 feet above a Barrington football gameSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - The first high school football game of the new season is always an exciting time for students and families. But it's also a favorite time for photographers, because of t...
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Community solar in Illinois: How it works and how you can sign upSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - Community solar has grown exponentially in the last handful of years, and with more and more consumers shedding their skepticism and expressing interest, developers are ...
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'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76
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What are some no-cost, screen-free activities for toddlersSep 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Most parents want to provide more for their children than their parents were able to do for them. But, have you ever noticed how kids tend to have fun with things as sim...
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Missing sister entitled to half of home sale proceedsSep 01, 2023 6:00 am - Q: My dad passed away some time ago and my mom just recently passed. They owned their home for more than 40 years. They had two children, me and my sister. Mom had a wil...