Story Problem for Easy Weight Loss

Question: If a 140 lb woman walks 15 minutes at lunch and 15 minutes in the evening (perhaps walking a puppy named Pablo?), and she does this every week,  Monday – Friday, how much weight will she lose in a year? Please state your answer in pounds. Answer: 8.9 pounds! And for those who like…

What’s a Widget?

I’m learning a new language. This week I took a class on how to blog with WordPress.  During the session, oodles of new techie terms swirled confusingly in my head. There was talk about widgets, tag clouds and archives. As someone who is not hip to the lingo of blogspeak, I started to imagine myself…

Jennifer’s Market Basket: Green Garlic

Shopping among the many vendors at the Capitol City Farmer’s Market recently I discovered a new spring flavor: green garlic. Looking like a fat scallion, green garlic is a young garlic plant that has been removed from the ground as the farmer thins out his rows, making room for the maturing plants that remain in…