Lifestyle

Hydroponic garden from Lettuce Grow. For article on inexpensive home upgrades
Finance

Four Home Upgrades for $1,000 or Less

Perk up your place with these simple ideas

By Emma Patch, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | November 17, 2023
Any move to a new home is major, but downsizing into a tiny home is even more significant, so it’s essential to look before you leap. Kaitlyn Keegan shares how to to determine if such a change is right for you. For many, tiny living offers a budget friendly way to live, with the opportunity to travel, pare down belongings and save money. (Peter Hoeks/Dreamstime/TNS)
Easier Living Homes

Is a Tiny Home Right for You?

How to find out if living in under 500 square feet is right for you

By Kaitlyn Keegan, Tribune News Service | November 1, 2023
Jay Ahlbeck at Breithorn Summit. Ahlbeck shares lessons from Breithorn
From Our Readers

Lessons from 13,000 Feet

Reaching the peak of the Breithorn was the goal

By Jay Ahlbeck | October 31, 2023
A pile of leaves with a rake. According to the National Wildlife Federation, fallen leaves create their own mini-ecosystem, leading to a beneficial conclusion: Don't rake leaves! (Dreamstime/TNS)
Home & Garden

Don’t Rake Leaves This Fall

The case for a new philosophy of lawn care

By Nancy Clanton, Atlanta Journal-Constitution | October 27, 2023
A modern room with an arrangement of posters on the wall. By Katarzyna Bialasiewicz.
Home & Garden

The Golden Age of Posters

How Art Nouveau influenced print design

October 25, 2023
a female football player as a quarterback. Image by Chris Boswell. Some Taylor Swift fans will master the rules of football and offer ideas for improving the game, suggests columnist Mary Sanchez.
Sports

Taylor Swift Just Might Improve Football

The potential of women in leadership roles

By Mary Sanchez | October 13, 2023
One of the pole vaulting seniors, Wayne Anderson practiced his pole vaulting technique at the Blake High School track. Wayne Andersen competed as a high school athlete in the pole vault. Fifty years later, he came back to the sport and he’s now among the most senior pole vaulters still competing. He trained alongside some high school pole vaulters he coaches at Blake High School in Hopkins on Tuesday evening, July 11, 2023. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com
Sports

Pole Vaulting Seniors

‘You’re never too old to take a flying leap’

By Richard Chin, Star Tribune | September 18, 2023
Women in an art studio, image by Seventyfourimages. If you’ve considered returning to a hobby of your youth, you can relate to the question, who can create art? Do you have to be “good” enough?
Perspectives

Are You Good Enough to Create Art?

An aging boomer pondering an age-old question

By Robert Koehler | September 15, 2023
Grief concept with candle and lily and black ribbon © Маргарита Фатеева | Dreamstime.com
Giving Back

Miles in Memory: A Walk-Run for Everyone

A way through grief to honor a loved one

September 11, 2023
"Oppenheimer" film publicity photo, accompanying essay on Oppenheimer's message on war, by Robert C. Koehler
History

Hearing Oppenheimer’s Message on War

Seven decades later, his words are still relevant

By Robert C. Koehler | July 24, 2023

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