Return of the Dust Bowl? Climate Change Study Highlights How West Must AdaptA prolonged period of Dust Bowl-like conditions in the secondhalf of this century could severely...Spotts, Pete
For this reason, many people plan a replacement and redecoration project together. On the plus side, if you plan a simple replacement of fixtures, you may not need a building permit and can probably find a competent handyperson to take care of the job. Obviously, swapping an old wall-...
I know people that are younger than I am and pay people to do the garden, housework, etc. Now I am all for getting help if you have the money to spare. If you are on a pension and cannot manage, or are physically fit, you should be doing your own work for as long as you can...
CLOUDS OF DUST BLEW across the South Central United States in the 1930s, yellow and opaque as tule fog. King Cotton had sucked most of the life from the topsoil, and drought had finished it off. Farmers there had endured years of boom and bust, their crops failing with the weather, the...
It's no secret that thecoronaviruspandemic has upended lives this year. For the past nine months, people have adapted their jobs, schooling, social lives and more to a new reality in which getting too close to other humans could prove detrimental to their health. During this stressful time,...
So is pretty much everything on the dust jacket, including the back jacket copy, the book’s typeface, and every other cosmetic consideration. So when she opens requested materials to find something like this: she sees not a manuscript perfectly ready for publication — that’s what some of...
That apparently heated up the cooktop enough for it to balk at turning on a cooktop coil for a few minutes. After those five months, I not only don’t miss cooking with gas but have been reminded of what I don’t miss when I’ve used other people’s gas stovetops where some ...
Schools: If you are too close to a school, you can sometimes be affected by the drop-off and pick up times by falling victim to congested traffic. A few “good” and “bad” qualities only vary by neighborhood. If you know the regional neighborhood, you understand which parts of town ...
Dogs are not known for their hygiene, but without a doubt their health can be affected if we do not clean stainless steel dog bowls or toys regularly. In stainless steel dog bowls, the mixture of food and dog saliva can cause a gross film to stick to the bowls surfaces. Yuck. This le...
Wildly popular with consumers, recycling in the U.S. is in crisis right now, particularly for plastics. Many of the items we try to recycle end up in landfills.