2020 Editions

The air is getting cooler and the leaves are starting to turn colors. It’s beginning to feel like fall and it’s time for apple picking. The only thing better than spending a sunny, crisp fall day in an orchard picking apples is sharing this fall tradition with grandchildren.  ...

The Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail is an America’s Scenic Byway, which weaves along the southern shore of Lake Erie, part of the largest freshwater system in the world. It’s the trail for shopping, fishing, birding, biking, boating, camping, touring and exploring. ...

Videoconferencing has become an increasingly common way to bridge social distancing. If different videoconference services deliver the same utility, users seem to encounter similar kinds of issues: lousy audio and video. From my experience helping people, the trifecta of: they can't hear me, they can't see me, I can't hear them tops my list. ...

They talk about Millennial kids, awkward incidents with naked bananas and torn stockings. The greater Akron-based podcasting team and sisters Jean Mader and Laura Bettinger Spelich have hit a sweet spot, podcast-wise, with their friendly, freewheeling, pleasantly rambling “OK Boomer” podcast.  ...

I’m not big on sharing. I always hold the popcorn at movies and never request two spoons for dessert. But our Fifth Anniversary is an event I’m happy to share with readers, advertisers and everyone else who has supported us, critiqued us and led us through this interesting, invigorating adventure. ...

I think many people have had substandard meals out of their slow cooker because they dump everything in and turn it on. But you have to develop flavor,  and that is done by searing. Season the meat first and then brown it in a pan over high heat. When the meat is nicely browned, place it in the crockpot and then return your pan to the stove and add any vegetables that you want to use. ...

Zoom whitening — often done for an event or meeting — is accomplished in a dentist's office in about 90 minutes using a thick liquid and a laser-like light to accelerate the process. Shade changes can be impressive, depending upon the age of the patient and tooth structure. ...

There is a silver lining and some hope for the treatment of dementia if we look in the right places. As I say to my patients, medication is only 2% of the solution; 98% is the non-medication lifestyle changes that each of us can make today and every day to preserve and actually improve memory.  ...