The year-long COVID pandemic has forced most of us to change our lifestyles—some of us dramatically. Work-from-home has surged and is likely to become much more prevalent than pre-COVID days. Kids have been locked out of most schools for months. And going out, whether to dinner, movies or…

We’re reaching the one-year anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19 in the US, and what we hoped would be a few weeks or months of inconvenience has evolved into a host of lifestyle changes.

Pre-COVID, families would spend 6-8 hours awake at home. Now with working and learning…

This winter promises to be a season to remember. Not only will we have the usual assortment of storms and other inconveniences, but for the first time in our lifetimes most of us will be forced to endure them stuck at home due to the COVID restrictions—without the…

Most of us will be more than glad to see the end of 2020 and the long pandemic-induced nightmare of a year. But even as we gradually recover, we should pay attention to the lessons learned from the lifestyle changes forced on us—some of which will be enduring.

There’s nothing like the look and smell of a freshly cut tree to evoke memories and raise your holiday spirit, especially during the recent Covid-19 disruptions. Keeping your tree fresh and safe is an important part of that enjoyment.
 

Here are some tips to keep your…

First came the lightbulb. (Thomas Edison first patented the incandescent bulb in 1879.) Then came replacement bulbs.

Edison’s first light bulbs lasted a whole 13.5 hours.

LED bulbs are rated up to 50,000 hours. That’s 50 x longer than the average incandescent bulb, nearly 25 x longer than…