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I'm going on a trip. I'll be back in about a week & a half. In the meantime, here are some songs for your entertainment. They...

Honey has come up in conversation a couple of times in the past few days. So it's time to learn a few things about honey, methinks. It...

This weekend, it was really nice and sunny here, so I decided to do some yard work. Nobody ever raked up the leaves from last fall, and whe...

While I was at home for the Easter weekend, I took a bath. I only have a shower here, no bathtub, and because I do enjoy a nice hot bath wi...

(Photo from Sotirov 's brother. ) Mahalo has lots of instructions for coloring Easter eggs , from simple to fancy.

Another sign of spring: dandelions blooming in the yard. (Photo by Ron Schott ) Dandelions were introduced by Europeans to the Midwest to pr...

Regular Daily Apple reader Jason wants to know: Where did the phrase "Third World" come from? Who decided what's part of the ...

Recently, I saw a news story about an octopus in aquarium that escaped from her tank. I'm not exactly sure how she did it, but she als...

Some time back, Stefan Bucher who draws the Daily Monsters , put a link to the Daily Apple on his page. Since then, lots of people have com...

I just now remembered that I wanted to do a post about St. Patrick's Day. It's a bit late, so please excuse the brevity. Soul of ...