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7 Hacks for a Zero Dollar Garden

Have you always felt like having a garden at your tiny apartment or house, but the required cost and effort proved to be a deterrent? Like millions of people, spending a lot of time and money on the plants in your garden may seem tedious for you. Did you know there are hacks for growing ...

Raven Montmorency

Plants planted in plastic jugs.

Plein Air Painting: What It Means to Paint True to Nature

Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing landscape painting and drawing. The practice goes back centuries, but it was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists. Their desire to paint light and its changing, ephemeral qualities, coupled with the creation of transportable paint tubes ...

Emma Lu

John Constable's 'Stoke-by-Nyland' painting.

Avoid 4 Dietary Habits to Prevent Illness

Modern people have very stressful lives. In many cases, they work until it is late, eat carelessly during the day, and then eat a large dinner while ignoring the importance of dinner on their health. There are cases where your dietary habits can make you ill. Skipping dinner is the choice of many young people ...

David Jirard

Friends eating together at the dinner table.

7 Nutrient-Rich Nuts and Seeds for Easing Winter Chills

It is often hard to zero in on healthy snacks that bring you nutrients and help you stay in shape during the winter months. Moreover, people lack the time to prepare healthy snacks daily, while juggling their jobs and doing domestic chores. If you are in the same situation and want relief from gorging on ...

Raven Montmorency

Assorted mixed nuts, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, and sesame seeds.

What in the Body Positivity Movement Is Harmful to Women?

There are certain stereotype ideas and concepts about women’s appearance and demeanor prevalent in mainstream society that need to be changed. That is why the body positivity movement started in 2012. There is no denying it has played a role in making life easier for women who have always been judged by their looks and ...

Raven Montmorency

An overweight female surfer smiling and running for the water with her board while a skinny female surfer watches in the background.

Their Amazing Fate Played Out When Two Lives Crossed 

In a remote coastal town in East London, South Africa, there lived a couple named George and Helen. George worked long hours on a vineyard in the north end of town every day, while Helen, who was pregnant with their child, stayed at home to rest. Who could ever foretell the amazing fate when two ...

Tatiana Denning

Woman in red coat carrying a bundle on her head walking down a road in South Africa.

Chuck Feeney, a Humble Billionaire Who Gave Away His Money

It is not rare to come across wealthy people or at least read about them. Anybody with access to the web and interest in worldly things knows one or more billionaires, as it is. However, it is indeed rare to find a billionaire who has the guts to give away his wealth without having many ...

Armin Auctor

Billionaire Chuck Feeney with cloudy sky in the background.

432 Hz: The Mysterious Frequency of Music and Sound

In Kansas City, in the U.S., there is a woman named Marissa McCracken. When she hears music, colors and amplitude patterns naturally emerge in front of her eyes, which she then paints into colorful paintings. This neurological trait is known as synaesthesia. From Melissa’s paintings, we can see that different musical tunes manifest different colors and patterns, with 432 Hz being the most harmonious.   ...

Believe It Or Not

Sheet music.

Well-Known Taiwanese Chinese Medical Doctor Hu Naiwen

The over-70, white-haired but young-looking Taiwanese herbalist Hu Naiwen not only has great skills, but he also treats his patients like friends and family. He is always smiling and full of energy. Many of his patients have tried out many famous doctors before they found Dr. Hu Naiwen and got cured. They express great gratitude and respect ...

Helen London

Dr. Hu Naiwen.

Cats Thrive in Families With Autism

Life for kids coping with autism is tough and it is not something they can help. However, for parents and families of autistic kids, the problems are multifaceted. Autistic children can be enraged and agitated by certain stimuli and these can include certain sounds, sights, smells, or even movements in their vicinity. Naturally, parents of ...

Emma Lu

Asian mother and daughter sitting on the living room floor petting the family cat.