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Lice are resistant to many of the products used against them, but there are ways to win this battle of bugs By Catherine Roberts Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a lot of itching. If you’re trying to figure out how to make it stop, you have a lot of options—but some are better (and safer) than others. First, it helps to know the basics: Head lice are sesame-seed-sized, wingless insects that feed on human...

This post Cheap Garage Makeover Ideas for an Affordable Makeover You Can Do Yourself appeared first on Life Storage Blog. Is clutter keeping you from parking your car in the garage? Or do your vehicles take up so much space that there’s no place left to store your tools and outdoor items? Then, it might be time to tackle that garage makeover you’ve been thinking about for years. An adequately organized garage should be able to serve multiple functions. It can be a warehouse, a workshop, and even a sanctuary. By learning how to store items like rakes, toolboxes, and...

[TAG0] Lee Krasner in her New York studio, c 1939: ‘She didn’t suffer fools.’ Photograph: Photograph by Maurice Berezov Reframing Lee Krasner, the artist formerly known as Mrs PollockLee Krasner’s huge contribution to abstract expressionism was overshadowed for years by the work of her husband, Jackson Pollock. On the eve of a major London show, we trace her storyRachel CookerSunday 12 May 2019In the autumn of 1945, two artists – not young, but not quite middle-aged, either – moved from New York to a village called Springs, near East Hampton on Long Island. These newlyweds had no money. It would be...

In 2018, when Brooklyn’s doors began to slowly close on us after over a decade, my husband and I started to consider moving upstate. We made a number of day trips to see if we could envision ourselves there, surrounded by trees and farm stands, saddled with renovation projects on some 1800s farmhouse. It seemed fun, in a certain homesteady way, but so far from our current lifestyle, so many miles an hour slower than our current speed, that it never totally made sense to me. I was used to hustling and running out to the bodega. I was used...

The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon is a medium-sized dog that combines a rough-and-tumble coat with a driven but friendly personality The word griffon (or griffin) can be traced back to the Greek and Latin roots meaning “hook” or “claw” or even “hawk” ( i.e., a bird with claws). Long ago, it was the name of a mythical beast with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion—with clawed feet, of course. Listen to more articles on Apple | Google | Spotify | Audible  Eventually the word “griffon” became associated with many of the rough-coated dog breeds found throughout Europe. That is why the word “pointing”...