Artist’s photographs prompt unexpected memories “What are you doing here?” That’s the question I most often heard when I traveled through the Caucasus, a region that lies just south of Russia, between the Black and Caspian seas. It took me...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Gardener emphasizing herbs for better health QUINCY, Ill. — Deborah Lee spends plenty of the time in the garden gathering herbs for her cooking -- and her health. She’ll add mullein and comfrey to healing salves, use calendula to soften sk...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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BY DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR Associated PressAssociated Press
Some trinkets are worth more than diamonds I don’t usually give much thought to jewelry. I regularly wear one necklace, which I bought for an aunt’s funeral six years ago. I put it on when my week begins every Tuesday, and take it off when ...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Challenged family enjoys Habitat home FREEPORT, Ill. — On the first night after moving into their new home, the Lacy family slept on the living room floor. They didn’t care that they had no furniture. This was their new home, their fir...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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BY JANE LETHLEAN Associated PressAssociated Press
The Go Guide Thursday Steve Brown, Vic Rachan and Charity Miller: 5 p.m., The Pasta House, 451 Jordan Dr. $5 Trivia Night: 7 p.m., The Star, 3100 Broadway. Karaoke: 9 p.m., Pure Country, 4101 Clark’s R...
Exhibit shows off new program, new uses for metals If you’ve been waiting for a special occasion to wear your favorite piece of jewelry, the Paducah School of Art offers you an opportunity this Friday. The school’s Jewelry and Metals Invitational E...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Researchers have fun with innate opera Scientists from the Primate Research Institute at Japan’s Kyoto University reported in an August journal article that they had given helium gas to apes (gibbons), which, predictably, made their voi...
Diary of romantic full of heart “My Heart Is an Idiot,” by Davy Rothbart; Farrar, Straus and Giroux (320 pages, $26) The love of Davy Rothbart’s life is a character from Allison Anders’ 1992 film “Gas Food Lodging.” Shade, p...
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By August Brown McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceThe Paducah Sun
Coming to theaters this week... “Ruby Sparks” Calvin (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing, as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a...
‘Watch’ breathes life into familiar genre You’ve seen the buddy cop movie a million times before, especially the mismatched buddy cop movie. Having the police officers come from different racial backgrounds is an especially tried-and-true ...
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BY CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated PressAssociated Press