Picture a breakfast burrito that shows up on a plate, buried under green chile and melted cheddar, with a fork sitting next to it. Your hands never touch it. Visitors expect something they can pick up, while their New Mexican friends are already digging in with utensils. These are the foods New Mexicans eat that…
An adult child can live across the country for years and still become a kid again the moment they walk through the front door. Florida parents have a way of slipping right back into an old rhythm when that happens. It’s familiar, automatic and often so deeply ingrained that they don’t even realize they’re doing…
Nine in 10 adults between 50 and 64 own a smartphone nationwide, the Pew Research Center found. Many new phones arrive with dozens of settings already switched on. These are the settings many Ohioans over 50 never think to check, already flipped on before they even open the box. 1. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Scanning Android…
A grandfather in Lynchburg braces both hands on the sink before he stands up off the toilet, a small maneuver he never used to think twice about. Nothing in his house changed. He changed. So has nearly a fifth of Virginia, since the U.S. Census Bureau puts 18.4% of the state’s residents at 65 or…
Not everything that gets donated to an Ohio thrift store is a hot seller. Some items sit on shelves for weeks. Others get marked down until they’re barely worth the space they’re taking up. Certain items never even make it to the sales floor. These are the household items Ohio thrift stores struggle to sell….
Only one percent of Virginia’s tidal shoreline is open to the public, according to the state’s Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority. The other ninety-nine percent belongs to somebody. Under Virginia law, a private deed can reach past the dry sand and the wet sand, all the way down to where the tide sits…
Alabama sits among the top 10 states for heartworm cases, according to the American Heartworm Society’s latest national survey. A handful of preventable bad habits sit behind that number. These are the things veterinarians wish Alabama pet owners would stop doing. 1. Skipping the Annual Wellness Exam Alabama’s veterinary access runs thinner than many owners…
There’s a moment every fall when a Pennsylvania farmers market stops looking like summer. The last tomatoes disappear, apples fill the empty crates, and pumpkins start crowding the tables. These are the things that change at a Pennsylvania farmers market once the summer crops end. Disappearing Sweet Corn and Tomatoes Sweet corn disappears from a…
Virginia sits deep in hurricane season this week. We’re in the stretch that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marks as the Atlantic’s statistical peak every year around September 10. That’s exactly when a torn window screen stops being an annoyance and turns into a repair job. These are the situations when many Virginians…
When something big happens in New York, residents tend to look toward Albany. But some of the most powerful decisions affecting their daily lives never make it that far. These are the mayoral powers that many New Yorkers mistakenly assume belong to the Governor. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Powers and procedures…
