Arts & Entertainment

Book cover: “Virginia Cider: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden Age” by Gregory J. Hansard
Annie Tobey

‘Virginia Cider: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden Age’

Explore the beverage’s past and today’s Virginia cideries

By Annie Tobey | February 12, 2025
woman on tablet doing puzzle Agenturfotografin. Exercise your mind with one of America’s favorite puzzles. Fun, stimulating, and picked for baby boomers. Boggle birds BrainBusters for boomers, and find the mammals in hiding.
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle Puzzle: Mammals in Hiding

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | February 10, 2025
North American map showing the United States and Canada, with Illinois and most of the other 49 states
Greg Schwem

Disadvantages of the 49 Other States

Considering the alternatives, a polar vortex isn’t so bad

By Greg Schwem | February 7, 2025
Granddad and grandson working on a computer, perhaps for a Jumble Puzzles
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: Cows and Coins

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | February 4, 2025
couple on laptop possibly doing a puzzle. image by Wavebreakmedia Dreamstime 800x450. Used with buggy boggle puzzle and others
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

A Buggy Boggle Puzzle

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | January 27, 2025
granddad and granddaughters looking at a tablet possibly playing a Jumble puzzle Szefei Dreamstime
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: T-Rex and Jobs

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | January 20, 2025
A criminal clad in black, carrying a flashlight and bag of goods. By Ljupco. Used with A Buc-ee’s Confession
Greg Schwem

A Buc-ee’s Confession

Humorist Greg Schwem comes clean

By Greg Schwem | January 17, 2025
Book cover for Missing Mom by Lynn Slaughter, a late-in-life novelist
Books

A Second Act as a Writer

As a late-in-life novelist, I fit – and then again, I don’t

By Lynn Slaughter | January 13, 2025
woman doing puzzle on tablet. Photo from monkey business images. Boggle Puzzle: Find the Hidden Countries and Find the Mammals Ending with E
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: Mammals Ending with ‘E’

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | January 13, 2025
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 16: Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day speak during SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations presents "Saturday Night Live" at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center on December 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) Used with article on Heidi Gardner's explanation of how she got Travis Kelce to host for SNL.
Sports

Travis Kelce as SNL Host

The backstory on getting the football star to host

By Matt Minton, Variety | January 8, 2025

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