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Living inside autumn

It’s interesting to be writing about fall when I’m in the autumn of my own life. For many years now, fall has emphasized the quiet. The house feels big and empty. No hustling for the first day of school. No pencils to sharpen, no trips to the shoe store, no lunch sacks waiting on the ...

Motivation can come from anywhere

Three weeks ago, the VFTB presented a number of movie quotes that could maybe help in situations where we are trying to teach, inspire, invigorate, and/or take what the quotes are saying, see how the words are not just applied to the topic of the film they were in, but could motivate those we ...

Customers challenge companies to make crispier, gooier, chewier foods

Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mouth has become as big a draw as flavor, although consumers don't always recognize the part texture plays in their cravings for crispier takeout, ...

The World Is A Different Place: A Week In Peru

Progress is evident everywhere. My husband’s company has just joined the United Nation’s efforts to implement green strategies into their business model and they’ve announced they’re hiring a storyteller. We’re not sure what kind of stories the storyteller will tell, but my ...

Helping Hands: Are robots a new way to help seniors age at home?

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life. They found Robbie, a robot that rolls out of a hallway into their living room several times a day. "Do you want to ...