Category — Friendly Advice

For days I have been hearing rave reviews about a woman from Britain who appeared on the program Britain’s Got Talent. The  program  seeks out a unique talent with  hopes  of  fame and fortune for the winning talent. So, last night I went online and watched and watched and watched Susan Boyle sing. It has to be [...]

 A recent  trend on Facebook is the sharing of 25 Random Things about yourself. This gets shared with 25 others until we cover the world. So, here are “things” about my life. You don’t have to share your list …..unless you want to.
 
Pete’s 25 random things:
 
1. Love living in the state of Maine. It is a bit [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Especially if you live in the Dakotas or go shopping. I think Santa is arriving in the malls around here very soon – what happened to Thanksgiving!?
While this holiday season may not be as joyful as others, November and Thanksgiving really are the best times to [...]

I hav recently been asked if we had any suggestions for homemade, more natural cleaning products for the house. Here ae a few suggestions form past Farmers’ Almanacs:
Vinegar and water make a great window cleaner
Borax and water make an effective all-purpose cleaner
Baking soda is an earth-friendly, inexpensive way to remove baked-on, burned-on foods in pots [...]

In each new edition of the Farmers’ Almanac, we continue to share “Philosofacts” and a “thought of the year” with our readers. These witty one liners (part philosophical, part fact) have been a Farmers’ Almanac tradition for many, many years.
Here are a few thoughts or philosofacts that I thought might inspire or give you a [...]

The zucchini is coming …every day …two and three at a time! And I only planted one plant!
Here are a few ways we’ve been creatively using up these profusely growing vegetables (wonder if I can make a bio fuel out of them!):
Zucchini Parmesan: Use your favorite eggplant Parmesan recipe but substitute zucchini for eggplant. We [...]

The granddad of all superstitions, Friday the 13th is perceived as an abnormally ominous day. Many feel that there are numerous incidents and examples in history when a calamity befell someone foolhardy enough to challenge the number 13. The ancient Hindus, as the story goes, started the whole thing when they avowed that 13 people [...]