It was serendipitous. For a few weeks in mid-spring, my garden is the tidiest it has ever looked, thanks to an application of mulch/compost that gets put down at the beginning of every gardening season. All the winter detritus magically vanishes, leaving spring bulbs, spring-flowering perennials, and the fresh green emerging foliage of summer perennials, … Read more
Asian markets forged higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.1% to 37,155.33, lifted by major export manufacturers’ shares. Toyota Motor Corp. jumped 5.1%, Sony Group Corp. added 2.9% and … Read more
All Possible Futures Leaping into action: The Plucky Squire is one of the year’s most anticipated indie games Have you ever wished a character from your favourite book would leap off the page? Imagine if they actually could. That’s the concept behind The Plucky Squire, a new video game set inside – and outside – … Read more
BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because … Read more
SEATTLE – With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new way to lose. A flying bat. A momentary memory lapse. And a bizarre double play. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before in a game. Just a strange situation,” Seattle manager Dan Wilson said. The Mariners fell to the … Read more
CNN — A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said. A police spokesperson, Agnes Zalakoma, said the incident happened early Monday and 23 of the boat’s 37 passengers were missing and feared … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email The Exchange Senator Elizabeth Warren joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss her call for a 75 bps rate cut, the state of the economy, and more. 07:49 3 minutes ago Source link
Would you like to take a tour of the New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden In The Woods with me? It is a wonderful place to visit for education about how to build your own native plant garden. The Garden in the Woods, located in Framingham, Massachusetts, is a renowned native plant garden managed by … Read more
There have been FLO parties in Buffalo, New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, and more the past few weeks. My hometown joined the fun. Louisville celebrated Frederick Law Olmsted’s (FLO) bicentennial on April 26th. Olmsted, in 1891, visited a rolling pasture and woodland, bisected by Beargrass Creek, that became the 337-acre Cherokee Park. FLO’s … Read more
NEW YORK — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a 25-year-old online publication, was “swatted” this … Read more