Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air and relatively low light conditions to offer intense aroma and flavor.
“Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree.” h The holidays are upon us, and with them comes joy, excitement, sugar, and chaos. Not to mention, lots and lots of lights. And between running from one event to another, managing your holiday shopping list, and ensuring your house is decorated to seasonal perfection, you’re juggling more than your fair share of festive balls in the air. That’s why we recommend simplifying at least one of your many responsibilities by picking up some smart Christmas lights. h If you’ve already tried a Google Assistant, Alexa, or Siri device, you’ve probably discovered the convenience of being able to control your thermostat, light bulbs, or other devices with a single voice command. So why wouldn’t you want to do the same with your Christmas lights?
10Best | USA TODAY NETWORK To experience a more peaceful side of winter, many turn to cross-country skiing. While Nordic trails are often offered at traditional ski resorts, some of the best cross-country skiing is found at dedicated resorts.
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Once dismissed as the yuppie flu, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is widely misunderstood. Symptoms, however, are often standard across the board, and medical professionals should be able to determine if you are suffering from CFS. Fortunately, exercise has been shown to be a valuable tool for people suffering from CFS. Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterized
2021 EVENTS CALENDAR Thursday, December 16th Cookies with Santa - 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at Sunflower Mercantile, 106 N.
WICHITA — Worried about safety, resistant to mask orders and troubled by a lack of confidence in public schools, thousands more Kansas parents are opting to teach their kids at home. The shift comes in the wake of the pandemic that convinced those families they could handle the job.
Blue, white, red and green lights hung throughout the Hutchinson Zoo this weekend, in celebration of the holi- days. The event is running three weekends, finishing the holiday season the weekend before Christmas Eve. This fundraising holiday experience includes the Nights Before Christmas at the Hutchinson Zoo.
Kansas is having a bumper year for tax revenue, and a Republican-led group of lawmakers are brainstorming ways to limit government spending. As state coffers are flush with cash and politicians ponder how to spend the windfall, the Legislature’s Special Committee on Taxation is weighing tax and expenditure limitation policies.
LAWRENCE — The students who camped out all week at Allen Fieldhouse, they were on Christian Braun’s mind Saturday after Kansas men’s basketball’s 102-65 shellacking of rival Missouri. The junior guard had just been talking about how he hadn’t felt that amount of passion inside an arena from a crowd in a long time.