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Excuse me, are you listening? 16-6

Rina Risper8 years ago06 mins

Dear Readers,

Short and sweet today. I am fighting off another cold.

Herbert Bayard Swope once said, “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.”

Movie: “Kong: Skull Island”

Rina Risper8 years ago06 mins

Studio: Warner Bros. (1 hr. 58 min)

Plot: A reimaging of the King Kong legend.

Cast: King Kong, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Tian Jing

Rating: PG-13

Bottom Line: ***

The Zen of Journaling

Rina Risper8 years ago09 mins

It's never too early to begin capturing travel experiences in a daily journal.

By Jennifer Davis, Rick Steves' Europe.

Recipe: Pepperoni Pizza Sliders

Rina Risper8 years ago02 mins

Easy and delicious dish for weekend brunch.

Casa de Rosado Offers a Unique Kind of Community Space

Rina Risper8 years ago07 mins

Casa de Rosado, 204 E. Mt Hope, Lansing, MI. Bottom right: A place to gather in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Casa de Rosado.

Movie: “Logan”

Rina Risper8 years ago05 mins

Studio: 20th Century Fox (2 hr. 17 min.)

Plot: Wolverine protects Professor X and a young girl, the last mutants on Earth.

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Rodriquez, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Quincy Fouse.

Rating: R

Bottom Line: ***

Lansing Meals on Wheels Faces Severe Volunteer Shortage

Rina Risper8 years ago07 mins

Meals on Wheels volunteer, John, delivers a meal and a smile.

Courtesy photo

What’s new in Italy for 2017

Rina Risper8 years ago09 mins

In Venice, only three “traghetti” (shuttle gondolas) still ferry voyagers across the Grand Canal from established stops, though you can always rent a gondola for your own private ride.

By Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Europe.

PET WORLD: Your smelly dog could actually be something medical

Rina Risper8 years ago07 mins

By Marc Morrone

Tribune Content Agency

Q: Our 2-year-old American Bulldog is a great dog, but he has always has a bad odor and his fur feels greasy. We give him a bath as often as we can but the nice smell only lasts a day or so. What can we do to keep her odor down? – Dale Jones, Las Vegas, NV

TEEN TALK: Q&A’s WITH CHRISTOPHER LORING

Rina Risper8 years ago04 mins

By Christopher Loring

Mr. Jeffrey Farrell is a Chemistry teacher at Lansing School District’s J.W. Sexton High School

LORING: Why did you become a teacher?