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Christmas is right around the corner, and many people are looking for front porch Christmas decor ideas. Decorating your front porch can be challenging, especially if it is not very wide or long. However, no homeowner wants to miss out on this festive holiday by ignoring their front door! No matter where you live, there are some must-have items for your front porch this holiday season. Whether you’re decorating just for the holidays or looking to set a festive mood on your entire porch, here are some excellent front porch Christmas decor ideas. Best Front Porch Christmas Decor Ideas for...

Christmas is just around the corner and the last-minute shopping season is officially in full swing. You’re checking names of the gift list, happy with your thoughtful choice of presents – that is, until you get to the architect. Nobody ever knows what to get the architect! They have impeccable taste, revel in the obscure while eschewing the ordinary, and they generally know exactly what they want in a product or design. Choosing something that fits just right is a problem every architect’s friends and family know all too well. This year, skip the anxious bookstore visits and gift-card guilt...

The long read Letting go: my battle to help my parents die a good death My parents were determined to avoid heroic medical interventions in their dying days, even before the pandemic. Why wasn’t anybody listening?by Kate ClanchyTuesday 6 April 2021Almost as soon as the word Covid is coined, my parents update their “advance decision” documents. They’re constantly adjusting them, fine-tuning their wishes for future medical treatment. “Like a dowager with an elaborate will,” I tease them, blowing the ink dry on yet another signature.When they first completed their advance decision document, 20 years ago, they were mostly concerned with...

 I would like to visit the fishing village of Palos de la Frontera, along the south facing Atlantic coast of Andalusia. This sun drenched region has been a crossroads of cultures since the Phoenicians arrived a thousand years before Christ. The Romans mined copper here, and stained the Tinto River red with their industrial waste. In 1492 the unwilling citizens were pressed into service as crews for Christopher Columbus' ships. The beaches here even captured some of the flotsam of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, 1805. And at about 9:30 in the morning of 30 April, 1943, off Shady Point (Punta Umbria)...

Nothing beats warm, super soft, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth homemade dinner rolls. No more store-bought rolls! You can find me by this warm cast iron skillet filled with the best dinner rolls of your entire life. The type of dinner rolls where you hoard the entire skillet, slather on more butter, and eat all 10 in one sitting while still piping hot. And then have no shame about it. Easy Skillet Dinner Rolls Yield: 10 servings prep time: 3 hours cook time: 25 minutes total time: 3 hours 25 minutes Nothing beats warm, super soft, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth homemade dinner rolls. No more...