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Category: Columns

Wine 101: Decoding the Label

May 16, 2020 Savanna Polasek

It’s a classic scenario: You’re at the store, staring at an aisle of wine and you have no idea where…

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Posted in: Columns Filed under: wine 101, wine education

Silver Linings Part II

Poppy Talks

While many folks experienced drastic life changes during the quarantine, mine was maybe a little different kind of drama. As…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: community support, essential businesses, pandemic, satire

Home-Grown Hydroponic

AnnMarie Kennon

Hydroponic gardening is a great way to be certain of the quality, and chemistry, of the food in your home.…

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Posted in: Columns, Home & Garden, Panorama Filed under: DIY garden, home gardens, hydroponic garden, nutrient water

Next-Level Memorial Day Fare

AnnMarie Kennon

BEER CAN BURGERS INGREDIENTS 2 lb. ground beef 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 beer can Kosher…

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Posted in: Columns, Food Filed under: banana split lasagna, beer can burger, faux-tato salad, grilling, memorial day food, summer food

Every (roll of White) Cloud Has a Silver Lining

April 8, 2020 Poppy Talks

While part of me is still kinda embarrassed about our national attempt to ward off disease with extra toilet paper…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: home school corona, quarantine activities, silver lining

How to Build a Monarch Garden

April 1, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE… In the mid 90s, more than 1 billion butterflies made an annual 2,000-mile migration from Canada to…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: butterfly garden, monarch garden, pollinator support

Make America Mayberry Again

Poppy Talks

There is a regularity with which I talk about The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS, for those of us who are…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: andy griffith, andy griffith show, barney fife, mayberry

Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet

AnnMarie Kennon

“Stalkers looking through fences are a statistical anomaly.” On the Internet,” says Georgetown Police Sgt. Jamieson Allen, “the potential threat…

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Posted in: Ask the Expert, Columns Filed under: georgetown police department, internet safety, online predators, snapchat safety

Pollinators in Your Yard—how you can help

March 2, 2020 AnnMarie Kennon

We are sharing this space. It’s not just ‘our’ yard—we share with the pollinators. Reducing Chemicals or adding plants to…

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Posted in: Columns, Save the Planet Filed under: integrated pest management, pollinator decline, pollinators

Why is this a thing? Daylight Savings Time

AnnMarie Kennon

We know it’s going to happen twice every year, but we still can’t seem to grasp the time change when…

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Posted in: Columns, Why is This a Thing? Filed under: benjamin franklin, check smoke detectors, daylight savings time, george hudson, spring ahead

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