We often see articles in our newspapers or magazines or on social media about where and why we should retire to a certain place. Perhaps it鈥檚 a beach or a small town location or a cabin in the mountains.The articles go on to tell us about the amenities and the cost of living in these ...
It may sound odd or even undoable, but there is a plan being developed to harvest fresh water by towing giant ice bergs over 1,500 miles from Antarctica to South Africa. A recent article in the June 10 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek describes in great detail how sea captain Nicholas Sloan ...
Fortunately, here in Southwestern Pennsylvania, hail is an infrequent occurrence with most of us only seeing those little round ice balls on one or two occasions per year. Not so just off the Front Range of the Rockies or the Pacific Northwest were it is a much more frequent visitor with annual ...
Too little and it鈥檚 a drought, too much and it鈥檚 a flood. And this year, like last year, the rains have been relentless, especially in the middle part of our country.Flooding began in March from heavy snow melt and early rains in the Upper Midwest and slowly the flooding kept spreading down ...
With the warm weather, thundershowers and a bit of humidity this past week, it鈥檚 not too early to take a peek at the coming summer months.The danger of frost and freeze are probably over and many folks have started their summer planting, although I have seen temperatures of 32 degrees and ...
As a former marathon runner and an almost daily runner for decades, I have pounded a lot of pavement. I ran my last marathon at age 50 and gradually phased out running by age 60.What takes the place of something you loved to do for a significant portion of your life?For me quitting, the running ...
