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IF YOU WANT TO help the pollinators
The bees (and the butterflies, moths, wasps, and hummingbirds) need you! Make smart planting choices now to get your yard buzzworthy.
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April 2024
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Cut the Clutter Clear out what's taking up space in your homeand your mind.
Clutter tends to sneak up on you. One minute, you have a coat closet full (but not too full) of coats. The next, it's bursting at the hinges with sports equipment, pet supplies, broken appliances, and, yeah, way too many puffers.
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April 2024
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NERDING OUT - BIRDSONG
How the twittering set learns to speak
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April 2024
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SMART MONEY - THE FINANCIAL DECISION THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Sometimes, one thoughtful shake-up can make a big difference.
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April 2024
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RELATING - A Natural Connection
The key to good health-for us and the planet-lies in rekindling our relationship to the dirt and the trees.
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April 2024
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Modern Manners for Your Social Dilemmas
CINDY ASKS... A pet peeve of mine is when I'm saying something to a friend, and the friend takes out their phone and begins scrolling or typing. I'm more of a listener than a talker, so it especially hurts when I've fully listened to a friend, then I start to speak and they turn their attention to their phone. I'm tempted to say, \"Oh, am Iboring you?\" or \"Would you and your phone prefer to be alone?\" or just plain \"It hurts my feelings when I talk and you take out your phone. Is it an emergency?\" Advice needed.
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April 2024
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HEALTH - ACE YOUR RACE
Whether it's a charity walk, 5K, or full-on marathon, experts and avid runners share their best advice for feeling confident, comfortable, and proud on the big day.
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April 2024
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5 Smart Uses for Rubber Bands
Wrap your head around these snappy, editor-approved ideas.
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April 2024
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IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
But we can help! If real-life barriers are holding you back from living your eco-friendliest life, read on.
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April 2024
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The Books List Top Picks for Book Club & Beyond
In Holly Gramazio's debut, Lauren comes home after a big night out and finds a man she's never met in her London apartment.
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April 2024
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Baby Got Back...Trouble
If you do too, you're a member of a very large, not very fun club. You don't even get a T-shirt when you join! But you do get this advice on how to manage the pain that affects most of us at some point in our lives.
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October 2023
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VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
Why so many of us can't resist knocking on wood, tossing salt, and more.
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October 2023
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When Bad Behavior Happens to Good People
Learn to spot some not-so-great conduct. Then steer things back onto a healthy and harmonious track.
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October 2023
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REST INSURED
Ah, open enrollment season the time of year that makes many of us wish we had a PhD in insurance speak. Consider this a crash course.
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October 2023
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Make Every Day of Vacay the Best It Can Be
How often do you get to take a trip? Probably not as often as you'd like! So let's use that time wisely. These tips can help, no matter where you're going or what's on the agenda.
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October 2023
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
With natural disasters growing more frequent and more intense, what can a pet owner do? Hope for the best, prepare for the worst-and include your fur babies in that plan.
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October 2023
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YOUR ENTIRE SHOWER
Rub-a-dub-dub, that tub needs a scrub! And in less rhyming news, so does that grout, that liner, and all the other parts.
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October 2023
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APPLE SPICE DOUGHNUT BREAD PUDDING
The five best words you've ever read in a recipe name? Probably!
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October 2023
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Sipping Outside My Comfort Zone
I never thought bourbon was my drink. But in the spirit of adventure, I decided to give it a shot. Here's how I learned to appreciate it, and how you can too.
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October 2023
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movin' on up
Welcome to our annual REAL SIMPLE Home! Come in and see how seven top designers turned a blank-canvas Brooklyn, New York, penthouse into a deluxe apartment in the sky.
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October 2023
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What to Wear Where
Whether you're headed out for a pumpkin spice latte, off to a tailgate, or being responsible and, y'know, going to work, here's how to get it right every time this fall.
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September 2023
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The End-All-Be-All, Definitive Guide to Doing LAUNDRY
A truism of modern housekeeping: The laundry is never done. And to pile on (pun intended), certain items might require pretreatment, special care, and maybe even a mysterious washer setting. If you feel like you're perpetually tackling the job as if your clothes were on the line (they kinda are), this comprehensive manual will help you take a load off.
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September 2023
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Goodies for Good
It's bake sale season, and these treats will rake in the dough! No fundraiser on the horizon? Then whip one up for a dinner party or potluck.
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September 2023
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Emily Henderson Starts Fresh in a New-Old House
After a down-to-the-studs reno of her 1910 farmhouse in Oregon, the designer made the home her own using a few pieces she's had for years, lots of vintage treasures, and nearly every shade of blue that exists.
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September 2023
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15 Little Ways to Reset Yourself This Fall
Some say September is the other January-it's just as good a time as the new year for a clean slate. Girding for school to start again, for work to pick up? We have ideas to boost your energy, shake up your routine, and get you sparkling. Ready, set, reset!
7 min |
September 2023
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JENNIFER HUDSON'S GOT THIS
And the talk show host/singer/actor/mom/philanthropist/ lots of other things wants you to know that you do too. Our editor in chief hung out with her, and that was the big takeaway: Jennifer Hudson is not only amazing, she's also your biggest fan.
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September 2023
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BEST FACE FORWARD
Nothing rocks your confidence quite like acne, redness, and whatnot. These women had had enough-and found the right pros to help them. The results are way beyond skin-deep.
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September 2023
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Put More Pep in Your Step
Did we catch you midyawn? We get it. Life can be exhausting. Finish that deep breath and keep reading. These surprising tips will help you say so long to energy crashes.
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September 2023
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SAYING FAREWELL
Our dogs (and cats and hamsters and lizards!) are part of the family. So when they head to “a farm upstate,\" the loss can hit hard. This advice may help the hurt.
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September 2023
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Go Like the Pros
Traveling is just like anything else: The more you do it, the better you get. Which is why some people breeze through airport security while you fumble with those big gray bins. Get some practice in! And steal these tips from frequent globetrotters.
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