Readers know by now that seldom a week passes that I don’t use a Taste of Home (TOH) recipe, either from one of their numerous magazines I receive or the many cookbooks I have in my collection. The main reason is that TOH publications meet the goal for this blog — easy and economical. And lately, [...]
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The president of the World Association of Newspapers threw a dash of cold water on the industry’s ever-present talk of its own demise during a speech this week in New York. Gavin O’Reilly told the audience that newspaper circulatin worldwide was up about 1.3 percent in 2008. That’s not exactly a gigantic leap forward but it [...]
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I’m hoping nice weather is here to stay and we can get serious about such outdoor activities as picnics and patio parties. I even took a chance and planned a gathering Saturday on my deck. The fare will be simple, hamburgers and a couple of salads. One of the dishes will be an old favorite [...]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Just to get everyone excited for Moscow-raised singer Josh Ritter’s performance at Rendezvous in the Park……. I was browsing through Josh’s Myspace page and found footage of Josh covering Bruce Springteen’s “The River.” The footage is from Bruce Springsteen’s Web site under a portion called “Hangin on E Street With Some of Your Favorite Artists.” In [...]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Father’s Day isn’t until June 21, but I thought it wasn’t too early to start offering some suggestions on how to make that special dad in your life feel like he’s King for a Day. Let him eat cake! Since I’m far from a master baker, any cake that starts with a mix is my kind [...]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Yesterday I posted about Babycheapskate.com, a great site for parents to find good deals. I posted that some things on the site were likely paid advertising — writing rave reviews for money is a growing and controversial practice among “mommy bloggers.” (Here’s an Associated Press article about the trend.) I was wrong about this site. Angie at Babycheapskate [...]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Elvie Williams, Idaho’s jumper who finished fourth at the NCAA meet last year in the long jump has an injured knee and won’t be competing at this week’s regional meet. A handful of Vandals are headed to Eugene as they try to qualify for the NCAA meet in Arkansas. I haven’t heard the official word on what’s [...]
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I don’t know about you all, but one thing I look forward to every summer on the Palouse is Idaho Repertory Theatre’s summer line up, in particular its outdoor Shakespeare production. Last year featured “Twelfth Night,” set in the ’80s, and the year before featured “Much Ado About Nothing,” with a Spanish theme. I loved [...]
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Organizers in Pullman are gearing up for their annual National Lentil Festival starting Aug. 22 and are looking for recipes to be submitted for cash prizes in the annual cook-off competition next month. For readers wanting to submit their favorite recipe using lentils, I will be posting details soon on how to do so. I happen [...]
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
There’s an article at Editor and Publisher that gives a pretty good overview of the debate over charging for online content. DNews.com has used a subscription based model for years (print subscribers receive free access, others have to pay for an online subscription) and we’ve avoided some of the huge circulation losses reported at the [...]
Friday, May 29, 2009
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