The latest essential oils craze is leading to an uptick in visits to the vet, as well-meaning pet owners – as well as essential oils salespeople or “experts” – make the leap that what’s good for us is also good for our four-legged friends. The truth is, what benefits us…

I’m back from a two-week visit to the place of my birth – England – where I also spent half of my childhood and most of my teen years while my father was in the U.S. Air Force. Perhaps the most impressive part of the whole journey – more than…

Ah, the tricky semicolon, that little comma with the dot on top that many, including newspaper reporters, editors and columnists, are never sure when to use and when to not. I’m always amazed whenever I see a semicolon improperly placed in a sentence when a comma, period or colon will…

Five years ago, Jill Farren Phelps broke the hearts of die-hard The Young and the Restless fans – me included – when she suddenly fired Michael Muhney, the beloved actor who played Adam Newman. Muhney, a fantastic actor with emotional depth who starred on Y&R from 2009-2014 and was nominated…