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I’ve gone to seed since COVID-19 hit. It turns out that Mom’s description fits many scenarios.  It’s been nearly four months since I’ve been to a hairdresser. A few weeks ago, I watched a YouTube video and trimmed my hair with sewing scissors. My nails look like they belong to a 10-year-old boy. A grubby one. I no longer change clothes for Zoom meetings. ...

Glen Campbell. Stephen Stills. Brandi Carlile. Kris Kristofferson. Richie Havens. The Main Street marquee boasted a who’s who of music’s most iconic performers. “Graham Nash was playing nearby and he stopped in to visit with the Zombies. Joan Baez played our first anniversary show, and Leon Redbone was eccentric but fun,” Tom Simpson says. ...

The general rule of thumb with fresh herbs is to add them at the end of your cooking. So, if you have a pot of tomatoes simmering on the stove for a few hours, you would add fresh chopped basil when it’s done. I usually add it when I turn the heat off to let the flavor steep. Fresh herbs start to lose their punch and fade into the background if you use them at the beginning of the cooking process. ...

Make small wands by wrapping pipe cleaners around the top of sticks to form a circle. Popsicle sticks, a dowel rod, or even sticks from your yard will work well.  You can get fancier and have the grandkids use beads to string onto the pipe cleaners to decorate before attaching to the wand stick. ...

Generally, the more expensive the hearing aid, the more features the hearing aid has to address different types of listening conditions automatically.  ...

The real gift grandparents can give to their grandkids is the gift of time spent together, says Teece Lester, preschool coordinator at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. Don’t manage experiences when they’re in nature—simply let them explore, touch and smell anything that interests them (as long as they’re safe, of course.) ...

If you’re 60 or better, you can build skills, explore new ideas, enhance understanding and enrich life by attending any state college or university, thanks to the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Lifelong Learning program. (At some locations, students as young as 50 can enroll for free). Satisfy your thirst for learning at one of these colleges or universities nearby. ...