Heating Crisis in Maine

We have been quite busy the past few weeks with budget deliberations, the annual fall public health and medical conferences and meetings, an...

Milton & The Red Elephant

I hear that it was John Milton's birthday yesterday. There is a massive gap in my education over this seventeenth century poet, and I kn...

Gaulby Goose

Gaulby (or Galby, depending on who you read) is a tiny east Leicestershire village 'on the summit of the Marlstone uplands in beautiful ...

Peripheral vs. Ectopic Fat

I went to an interesting presentation the other day by Dr. George Ioannou of the University of Washington, on obesity and liver disease. He...

Children’s Flu Vaccination Day is Tuesday, Dec. 9

Today's guest blog entry is by Carol J. Baker, MD, FAAP, FIDSA , moderator for the Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition ; professo...

Tippers, Roberts & Queen Victoria

Sorting out receipts for petrol, books, firelighters, oatmeal stout etc. today, I thought about how terrifyingly bland and uninteresting the...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 16-20 16. Store shallow items, such as cutting boards and platters, upright. Even narrow spaces next to your range or your sin...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 11-15 11. Adjust shelves to fit specific contents. Choose adjustable shelves that can be as widely or closely spaced as necess...

Store More in Your Kitchen

Storage Tips 6-10 6. Store spice bottles one deep, on their sides with labels visible, in shallow drawers, instead of stacking them, says o...