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For Crafty Gifts, Pair How-To Books With Supplies

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Santa has his crew of crafty elves, but those of us living south of the North Pole could use a little help. Sure, your creative friends and loved ones will appreciate a how-to book full of new projects for an existing hobby, or ideas that could spark a new one. But consider going the extra mile by putting together a DIY kit with supplies that allow them to dive right in. Want to really make it special? Make one of the projects yourself and tuck it in with the book and supplies as inspiration. I’ve been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of this idea. ...

Kovel Antiques: The Right Mermaid Items Can Fetch A Handsome Price

Mermaids and mermen have been “seen” and pictured since the Babylonian era. In past centuries, Greece, Japan, Ireland, Russia and Scotland have believed in local mermaids. There have been exhibits of mermaid skeletons; the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, “The Little Mermaid”; the 1989 Disney movie adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” starring Ariel; and a fake documentary on television in 2012. In the 19th century, mermaids were part beautiful long-haired women and part fish, with a fish tail instead of legs. Collectors look for stories and art about mermaids and other ...

Sea Monster Story At Smithsonian

DALLAS (AP) — Three weeks before his team’s fossil finds were to go on display at one of the world’s most famous natural history museums, Louis Jacobs stood in a basement lab at Southern Methodist University sanding the lower jaw of a 72-million-year-old sea monster. The Dallas Morning ...

Priceless Memories

“Christmas is the most special time of year. A time when love is more freely given, where special memories are made, where miracles happen. Memories no one can take from you,” are the words Valerie Propheter said. “The greatest gift God gave us is His Son. Then the second most precious ...

Star Watch: The December Skies

“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” — Albert Einstein Little Mercury appears very low in the east-southeast dawn sky during the last three weeks of December. It rises above the horizon about 45 minutes before sunrise and glows to the lower left of ...

Bits And Pieces

I have fond memories of so many people that I have had the honor of interviewing over the last twenty years. One of the people who stands out in my memory is Marjorie Ebert, an 82-year old woman who lived her entire life with Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome. “Since our first daughter was ...