Ingredients: 6 tbsp butter 1/3 c Light brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 c molasses 2 large eggs 1.75 c sifted flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground allspice 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1.5 tsp ground ginger 1/8 tsp ground cloves 1/2 c buttermilk Granulated sugar Preparation: Grease and […]
Thinking doesn’t have to feel so hard. WSJ April 27, 2024 Michaeleen Doucleff As a college student 25 years ago, Andrew Westbrook struggled to stay focused in class. He certainly had the capacity to concentrate; he could do it intensely when he really loved a topic. “When you’re totally engrossed in a good book, thinking
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Continuity Camera: Use your iPhone or iPad to scan documents or take a picture on your Mac Use your iPhone or iPad to scan documents or take a picture of something nearby and have it appear instantly on your Mac. Use an app that supports Continuity Camera Use Continuity Camera to scan or take a
Honoring Your Needs… Tune in and Listen Intuitive Eating (IE) is an experiential attunement process, inviting you to combine the knowledge of the mind with the wisdom of your body. By encouraging you to consider your relationship to food, body, belonging, and worthiness (and root your efforts in care rather than control), the practice offers
What Is a Muscle Knot and How Do We Reduce the Pain? Muscle Knots, also known as trigger points or adhesions, tend to be very common among fitness enthusiasts and athletes alike. Essentially these are areas of tension that develop within our muscles from various types of stress we put on the body. This
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Preventing burglary is something we seemed forced to consider these days. We’ve come a ways from leaving our homes unlocked when we run errands much less leaving town for a trip. Burglaries are down according to the FBI, but now we have to deal with porch pirates, people who steal our Amazon shipments. A strong
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Isn’t oil just oil?” Smoke point is the temperature at which your cooking oil begins to send out smoke signals. Oil shimmering in a ripping-hot pan can be the perfect way to create a tasty stir-fry or a stovetop-seared steak. But beyond a certain point, fat breaks down, releasing free radicals into the air and
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Greek salad with barley rusks, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions and Feta) 3 beefsteak tomatoes 1 hothouse cucumber, scored, quartered lengthwise, and cut crosswise into ¼” discs. 1 small red onion 20 Kalamata olives, pitted and thinly sliced crosswise 1 cup feta cheese, diced 1 Tbs capers, drained 1 tsp dried Greek oregano ½ cup
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Ali Abdaal is a prolific producer of videos on YouTube, many about getting things done, a/k/a productivity. He was a young doctor in the UK but decided that his prodigious efforts to be more productive resulted in a decision to quit medicine as a resident or junior doctor to focus on his YouTube channel. See
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What follows are seven phrases which may help in finding new friends and in nurturing old friendships. Most of us should be able to count on one hand, true close friends. Having hundreds of “friends” on social media doesn’t count for much for me. Making new friends might not be easy for some people. While
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