One of the hardest things about weight gain is that it can happen so easily. Losing weight, on the other hand, can be a never-ending struggle. Some people say they put on a pound or two merely by looking at food. But no matter how much they deprive themselves or how hard they exercise, the numbers on the scale only seem to go up.
Sara Ries is a poet from Buffalo, N.Y., whose parents run a diner. Here’s one of her delightful poems about family life for a short order cook
Two legendary names from R&B - KEM and the Isley Brothers will play Friday, April 13 in Kent as part of the "Smooth Grooves Music Fest."
I think when we begin a project we enter some sort of time warp. Did you ever notice how much you think you can get done is nowhere near how much you actually get done?
The Harlem Globetrotters are returning to the ShoWare Center in Kent for the fourth consecutive year.
Soul singer Bettye LaVette performs as part of Kent’s Spotlight Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center, 25800 164th Avenue S.E., in Covington.
My husband always has the tools he needs to work on cars and random house projects; if he doesn’t he buys a new one. In fact, if he needs a tool, but can’t find it in his messy shop, he buys another one. He insists he needed to upgrade anyway; I’m not sure who he’s trying to convince, I’m not a hard sell.
If you’ve been in a hospital, and got out alive, you’re really alive. In this poem, Anya Silver, who lives in Georgia, celebrates just such an escape.
The average American family eats at home on most days but is too rushed to make meals from scratch, according to a survey by Gallup-Healthways. In terms of nutritional quality, overall eating habits in America are not improving and have in some ways become even worse.
New Shanghai Circus brings 2,000 years of Chinese circus traditions to Kent’s Spotlight Series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center.
The highest amount of salt Americans eat comes from bread, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 50 percent of the salt consumed in the U.S. is linked to popular foods such as baked goods, cold cuts, cured meats, pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches, cheese, pasta and snacks like pretzels and potato chips. Many items loaded with salt don’t even taste salty.
"Red wine with fish?" muses James Bond, as he confronts the villain in From Russia with Love. "Well, that should have told me something."
I woke up this morning feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. I even tried to get an extra hour of z’s, but to no avail. I realize I really don’t have the weight of the world on my shoulders, just a small portion, and certainly no more than anyone else, and probably much less.
On March 10 Green River will be hosting the first ever south sound event geared towards traditional and beyond weddings.
Heavy-metal music is coming to Kent Feb. 21 with the Gigantour featuring Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil.
People who swear by a particular diet to lose weight may be fooling themselves, according to a recent study by scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There is no real evidence that low-carb, low-fat or high-protein diets make as big a difference as overall calorie reduction when it comes to weight loss, according to Dr. George Bray who worked on the study.
All ages are invited to attend the Golden Steer Restaurant’s Open Mike Night on Sunday Feb. 12.
At a time when a relationship is falling apart, sometimes the news of its failure doesn’t come out of a mouth but from gestures. Claudia Emerson, who lives in Virginia, here captures a telling moment.
School children will find more fruits, vegetables and whole-grain products on their lunch plates under the new nutritional guidelines for the National School Lunch Program issuedby the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
It’s Sunday morning, February 5, 2012. My husband and I turned on “The Road to the Super Bowl.” It got me thinking about my road to the Super Bowl.
