Something I’ve noticed lately is that it has become nearly impossible to buy anything without being informed that it is somehow saving the Earth. Toothbrushes are sustainable. Laundry detergent is...
I wouldn’t consider myself one to be too artistically inclined. I am unable to draw, I am not crafty, and I certainly cannot make music. It’s not that I don’t enjoy doing crafts; I do. I just was...
For most tourists in Prague, visiting the Charles Bridge is pretty much at the top of the sightseeing list. The medieval stone bridge, completed in the 15th century, was a part of the royal route –...
At 12:51pm on February 22, 2011, the world crumbled before the residents of Christchurch, New Zealand. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the city, killing 185 people and injuring thousands more. This...
On January 7th, 2026, Donald Trump explicitly withdrew the United States from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), along with 65 other organizations. His reasoning was that these...
I love a good cup of tea as much as the next person. Rainy afternoon indoors? A cup of tea sounds about right. A suspicious tickle in my throat that suggests a cold might be brewing? Tea, obviously...
Each October, like clockwork, a dear friend of mine reminds me to begin taking vitamin D supplements– just in time for the perils of daylight savings time. His reasoning? Its prophylactic effects...