Take time out to smell the wildflowers, admire the new greenery on the cypress trees and delve into a discussion about pressing scientific questions involving the natural landscape. ...more

February 18, 2009

The state attorney general's office is taking legal action against five companies that have been offering debt relief services, and it is opening formal investigations into five similar companies. ...more

October 15, 2008

Plants available in complementary colors are among John Cox's favorites because they make garden design easy. ...more

June 5, 2008

It's that time again for some bon mots, or clever remarks, to help usher in the new year. The problem is I can't think of any even though we just stepped over 2008's starting line. When it's time to turn over a new leaf; to make new resolutions; to bury the hatchet; to forgive and forget. Perhaps it's a result of holiday doldrums that I've come up dry this year. The excitement and anticipation winds are out of my sails. I don't even feel like going into a rage over anything, which today seems to be the catchword. As in road rage. Just when I thought every type of occurrence was labeled I read about something that's called "wrap-rage" – the frustration one feels when they can't rescue a product from the stupid package it comes in. Maybe I can coin the term ring-rage to describe how one feels when that little tab on the top of a can separates from the top before the top separates from the can, and it takes a pair of pliers to get the top off, and juice is spilled all over you in the process. ...more

January 5, 2008