Summer Pizza Party

Good morning. We had a break in the heat and humidity and the kids wanted pizza and I realized that for all the recipes for pizza (above) I have, the only really important one is for dough. Everything else can be a riff, an improvisation, a no-recipe recipe. Just go easy on the toppings and…

Tips on Weed Control and Herbicides

It sounds like the setup for a joke, but it isn’t. More than 2,200 miles apart, two women walk into their local garden-supply stores. They find themselves similarly unsettled to find gallon bottles of “30 percent vinegar” displayed on the shelf among the herbicides. Acetic acid, the active component in vinegar, can, in fact, help…

The Cruise Industry Stages a Comeback

Several coronavirus cases have been identified on cruise ships since U.S. operations restarted in June, testing the cruise lines’ new Covid-19 protocols, which include isolating, contact tracing and testing passengers to prevent the virus from spreading. Most ships were able to complete their itineraries without issues, but American Cruise Lines, a small ship company, cut…