It’s another cold, wet, and windy Saturday. You’re cooped up inside, lamenting the gloomy weather from the comfort of your Snuggie. What should you do? Binge watch Netflix? You already did that yesterday while you were “telecommuting.” Clean...
Imagine going 20 years without a haircut or grooming session. Now imagine you’re a palo verde tree. Same thing, different species. Unpruned palo verde is a tangled mess of brambles and branches, sometimes with no discernible tree form. But trimmed into shape,...
The record low temperature in downtown Los Angeles is 28°F (-2°C), set on three occasions. Outlying areas like the San Fernando Valley have seen even colder temperatures — dropping to 18°F (-7.8°C) in 1989. While this may not raise eyebrows in Duluth, Minnesota,...
It’s a lily wannabee. The calla lily isn’t a true lily — it belongs to the Zantedeschia genus and is native to Southern Africa. Lilies, on the other hand, are members of the Lilium genus and indigenous to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean region. Its name comes from the Latin words ros (dew) and marinus (sea), meaning “dew of the sea.” Ancient Greeks and Romans considered rosemary a symbol of remembrance, love, and fidelity. In the kitchen, it’s...
