Lovina is taking this week off from the column to rest up after her busy week hosting Verena and Daniel Ray’s wedding. I am her “English” friend Ruth, and I helped Lovina last week by running errands and was able to attend the wedding, so I will share a little about that. Monday and ...

On a recent visit to see my son at the University of California, Davis, I wandered into a lab at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science as one does. A bunch of students were preparing for a tasting to evaluate some of the strawberry breeds they have been developing. My food ...

One week into a new job, Lisa Grouette discovered something missing come Sunday night: the sinking feeling of dread she used to experience before going to work every Monday. Groutte spent 10 years at an insurance agency with a boss whom she alleges screamed at her, slammed his hands on the ...

The internet has taken over our lives. We have meetings on Zoom, do our banking online and even file our tax returns electronically. It’s hardly any wonder that health care has embraced telemedicine. Some people love it, and some people hate it. One reader described her positive experience ...

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It is officially tick season. Although active year-round — even in the winter — this is the time of year when most tick encounters happen. There are now five types of ticks found in Ohio. The four established Ohio ticks are: the American dog tick, the blacklegged tick (also known as the ...