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November 19, 2006A club they'd love to leave
By BRADY DENNIS
Dick Linn sits inside Room 109 at the La Quinta Inn, lost in the glow of his laptop. He's 53, a traveling software salesman far from his Virginia home. He's also the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Karl Linn, 20, who was killed during an ambush near Haditha, Iraq, in January 2005.
November 18, 2006A club they'd love to leave
By BRADY DENNIS
Early edition: After losing a child in Iraq, parents help each other online.
December 4, 2004A White House Christmas
By Times Staff Writer
Visit the White House at 8 p.m. Tuesday when HGTV goes to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to view the Christmas decorations. Joan Steffend, above, hosts the special, in which the White House chief usher, pastry chef and florist show how they'll make the place merry and bright for the Bush family.
November 27, 2004Time to hit the deck
By JUDY STARK
Help the kids get ready for the winter holidays with 52 Christmas Activities or 52 Activities for Jewish Holidays by Lynn Gordon (Chronicle Books, $6.95 each). These little decks of cards offer suggestions for things to make or do, alone or with the family: crafts, games, songs, gifts, ornaments, activities. Good on rainy days or "I'm bored" afternoons year-round. Adults will find plenty of thoughtful ideas here too.
November 20, 2004The gift of planning ahead
By Times Staff Writer
Thursday's the day! Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season. Quick ideas to get you up and running: Send plants and gifts for the home early so the recipients have the whole season to enjoy poinsettias and other flowers, wreaths, items for entertaining (wine glasses, cocktail napkins, gourmet foods). Stock up on small but nice gifts for spontaneous giving, quick presents for your hosts, instant thank-yous: chocolate truffles, ornaments, candles. For those with a long gift list, make your life easier by coming up with a signature gift you give year after year. Your friends and family know you're the one who always gives calendars, or a split of champagne, or the mail-order gourmet treat they look forward to each year.
November 13, 2004Festive no-fuss feathers
By Times Staff Writer
Briefs and news of note
November 6, 2004It's Christopher Lowell
By Times Staff Writer
Entertaining tip from author/product designer/TV personality Christopher Lowell, who appears at 2:15 today at the Times Festival of Reading in Fox Hall at Eckerd College: It's okay to invite people into a cramped space "where there's barely a place to sit down in folding chairs. You're not holding a town meeting." It's more fun and congenial that way. It's okay to be nervous about "how do I buy a sofa that will last for the next 12 years. Who knows what life will be life in 12 years?" The host's goal: "to get a party to erupt out of nowhere at which you have as good a time as the guests."
October 30, 2004Turn back the hands of time
By Times Staff Writer
Tonight's the night: When you go to bed, turn your clock back an hour (fall backward) as we return to standard time. Now go the next step: Reprogram interior and exterior lighting timers to start earlier (it will be dark earlier starting Sunday afternoon). Do the same for automatic sprinkler systems so they don't come on at inconvenient hours.
October 23, 2004Stick 'em up
By Times Staff Writer
Some colored paper and glue are all you need to dress up clear-glass candle holders for Halloween. Find instructions at www.perfectglue.com Click on "Seasonal Projects" to learn how to make invitations, party hats, table runners, garlands and goodie baskets.
October 16, 2004Inspired grins and grimaces
By JUDY STARK
Stop gouging at a pumpkin with a dangerous, hard-to-control paring knife. From rotary toolmaker Dremel comes a Pumpkin Carving Kit: a battery-operated carving tool, a cutting bit and six jack-o'-lantern templates. The high-speed, rounded-tip cutter offers greater control so you can carve intricate designs (or at least get the toothy grin right this year). At Lowe's and some hardware stores for about $20.
April 16, 2004A soldier comes home
By WES ALLISON
His first trip back from a tour in Iraq was a joyous occasion. His second, full of sorrow.
March 28, 2004The lost American
By WES ALLISON
The hunt for pilot Scott Speicher consumes their lives, but his friends hope having U.S. troops in Iraq will bring news of him.
March 28, 2004Timeline: Lt. Cmdr. Michael Scott Speicher
By Times Staff Writer
Jan 16, 1991: Speicher, piloting an F/A-18 Hornet from the carrier Saratoga, is apparently shot down by an Iraqi fighter jet during a bombing run over west-central Iraq. Dick Cheney, then defense secretary, announces at a press conference that he was killed, the first American casualty of the war. The Navy, however, lists his status as missing in action.
February 22, 2004In this town where poverty resides, war's peace hurts
By WES ALLISON
When soldiers need rations, Bennettsville gets jobs. But as hot meals replace MREs, workers hunger.
January 18, 2004When a whole town worries
By WES ALLISON
With 11 of Coahoma's 932 residents serving in Iraq, all of this community shares the pride and pain.
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