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  • My Bakers’ Dozen of Country Women Who Sing My Blues

    My relationship with music is one of the most important in my life. It’s been consistent over my six-plus decades. Over those years, I have learne...
  • 25 Best Ideas For How To Make Money As A 14-Year-Old

    Today, we’re diving into the exciting world of making money as a 14-year-old. From offering services in your neighborhood to leveraging your unique...
  • SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE Is a Must-Watch to Understand Today’s Book Ban Movement: Book Censorship News, June 9, 2023

    If you’ve been on social media over the last week, chances are you’ve seen the Shiny Happy People documentary series trending. Whether you have se...
  • 150 Creative, Good, and Interesting Topics to Write About

    You started a blog this year and in a few months you are stuck and have no idea what to write about. You want to pivot but you only have a handful ...
  • 6 Ways Clichés Can Help Your Writing

    photo adapted / Horia Varlan Ah, the dreaded cliché. It sneaks into our writing with nary a noise, and yet is received by readers with a resoundi...
  • 20 best Netflix shows to fall asleep to because wow we need some zzzzzs

    If you've been scrolling through your Netflix queue in the middle of the night, you're not alone. Between the wildfires in Canada, the overall clim...
  • Someone Wants To Know, “What Is Your Most Obscure Yet Vital Travel Tip?” And 90 People Chip In

    Traveling to a new place can be scary, even after perusing the entire location on Google Maps and downloading the local language into your translat...
  • Summer Camps that Allow Daily Drop-in

    Summer camps that offer daily drop-in service are a special kind of lifeline to parents with full-time work obligations and flexible schedules ali...
  • Ronald K. Fried on Martin Amis (1949 – 2023): “As a Devoted Reader of His Work, I Am in Mourning.”

    GUEST BUTLER RONALD K. FRIED is a veteran TV producer (Dick Cavett, Tina Brown) and the author of three novels, most recently the excellent Frank C...
  • SFR Picks—Week of June 7

    Ooooh, Witchy WomanLove, evolution, isolation and talking cats in Kiki’s Delivery ServiceThough most anime fans will likely cite the flashier Spiri...
  • ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ has little animal magnetism

    We live during a time in which the biggest movies in the world involve heroes with supernatural abilities wearing colorful costumes as they fight t...
  • How Subtitles Took Over TV

    The first time it happened, I assumed it was a Millennial thing. Our younger neighbors had come over with their kids and a projector for backyard m...