Posts by Kyle Phillips

A TeleTouch Volunteer’s Story

    Volunteer testimonial: My name is Charlene and I started as a Tele-Touch Volunteer with Acclaim Health about a year ago. I have found that this new COVID-19 environment…

Popular Music Through the Decades

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Here’s a list of the popular song and albums for each decade. Click on the title to listen 1900s: John Philip Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever 1910s: the Original Dixieland…

No-Churn Homemade Ice Cream

Ingredients: 2 cups heavy whipping cream 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract   Instructions: In a large bowl, use a hand mixer or a stand mixer to…

5 Summer Salad Dressings

Ingredients: Lemon Vinaigrette: 1/2cup good quality extra virgin olive oil 1/4cup fresh squeezed lemon Juice 2Tablespoons green onions sliced 1Tablespoon honey pinchsea salt freshly ground pepper Raspberry Vinaigrette: 1/2cup good quality extra virgin olive oil 1/4cup A’Olivier…

Sweetened Iced Tea

Ingredients: 1 pinch baking soda 2 cups boiling water 6 tea bags 3/4 cup white sugar 6 cups cool water Instructions: Sprinkle a pinch of baking soda into a 64-ounce,…

The Queen Gives Fake Fur the Thumbs-up

At the age of 93, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain has made a notable clothing statement by removing real fur from her day-to-day wardrobe. The move was revealed by her…

A Flatpack Home for Sicily’s Stray Dogs

As well as selling flatpack furniture, Ikea’s store in Catania, Sicily, provides an unusual service. It welcomes stray dogs off the street, feeding them and allowing them to curl up…

Grans Keep Art of Pasta Alive on Film

A filmmaker’s project to capture the art of handmade pasta has turned the so-called “pasta nonnas” featured in her videos into a social media sensation. Since moving to Italy’s Le…

The Musician Inspiring a New Generation

Twenty-one-year-old British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason first won attention aged 17 as the first black musician to win the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. But it was his…