Lifestyle Archive

IF YOU are gardening more but enjoying it less, maybe it's time to add some labour-saving ideas to that list of New Year's resolutions....

NEW YORK (AP): CHENNEL KING, a nurse from Norwalk, Connecticut, went Christmas shopping the other day with a new holiday companion: a budget....

NEW YORK (AP):THE CHRISTIAN population has shifted dramatically over the last century away from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas, yet Christians overall remain the largest religious group in the world, according to a new analysis released...

I'd never seen a dog that big. It was white with a patch of black around its right eye. Its ears were the size of a grown man's shoes and it was staring at me with hungry eyes. "Nuh mind him, him nah trouble yuh," said the man behind the fence....

Q: I am 19 and female, and next month, my mother is taking me to the doctor for a check-up.

PLUNK! THE tree fell again. The woman rolled her eyes. The man who had been holding the tree seemed worried. "Is alright, mum. Mi soon set it up," he said. The woman appeared unamused....

NEW YORK (AP):One more thing to add to the to-do list for your holiday party: Find an outfit that creates a celebratory mood, is welcoming and warm (but not hot), can hide a little sauce splatter and has pockets to stash remotes, phones and, for the ladies, lipgloss.

ANNAPOLIS, Marlyland (AP):When she was a child, every day was like a fashion show for Lacey Wheatley.

The breast is a very important part of a woman's body. It is a symbol of her sexuality and femininity. Breast lumps can, therefore, cause her a lot of anxiety as she usually worries about losing her breast, and even her life, to cancer.

I am a pregnant teenager. I deeply regret the fact that I let this pregnancy happen, but it did. And now I am determined to have the baby, and to bring it up to be a good and happy person. But I am surprised to discover that guys still find me attractive. In particular, one older man, who is around 27, has been trying to persuade me to have sex with him.

My mother has schizophrenia and it is a burden on her children. From time to time, she has to be admitted to hospital for relapses of her illness. I think the family needs help.

The following is feedback to last week's Roving with Lalah...Lalah, you are the link that keeps me connected to my homeland.