Looking Up: Planets visible all over the sky

The next clear night be sure to step outside and see four planets. Facing south, one will be to your right, one almost overhead, one to your left, and another under you feet.

Father creates online guide to allergy-friendly restaurants

The AllergyEats Web site lists more than 600,000 restaurants in the United States and depends on peer-to-peer ratings of how “friendly” a restaurant is in catering to people with food allergies and other food intolerances, like Celiac disease (gluten intolerance).

Laughter yoga: No sense of humor required

If life isn’t making you feel the most cheerful, some say you can learn to laugh for no reason. And, you’ll feel the benefits of laughing — even if you don’t have a sense of humor.

Be careful before planting that tree

A little forethought before you put a tree in the ground can help you avoid problems in the future.

New study examines rural asthma

Kena and Mark Gasper's decision to live in a rural subdivision near Delavan, Ill., led to a long list of benefits for their two girls: open spaces to run and ride bikes in, a quiet neighborhood and a good, safe school. They also list one drawback: the effect of their environment on their daughter’s asthma.

Ask Dog Lady: Leave great apartment for dog-friendly living?

Dog Lady offers advice on living with a dog-lover in an apartment that doesn't allow dogs.

Peanut butter: A closer look at an old staple

It’s healthy, but it’s not. It was invented by George Washington Carver, but maybe not. It’s cheap protein, but dangerous fat. It causes allergic reactions in some children and saves countless more from famine. This is the peanut-butter conundrum we all face. Who could have thought so benign a treat would spark a tornado of controversy?

Author's advice: Get tough about weight loss

Sugarcoating will not help fat people get fit. Reality will. That’s the premise of Steve Siebold’s book, “Die Fat or Get Tough, 100 Differences in Thinking Between Fat People and Fit People.” (2009, London House).

90-year-old woman a fitness fiend

A three-mile run on the treadmill, a muscle-conditioning class and a set of 200 sit-ups are all part of Anna Sudman’s normal exercise routine at Ten X Club in West Roxbury. To most people, that would be a substantial workout. For a 90-year-old woman, it’s remarkable.

Religion News: Vatican to investigate Virgin Mary visions

Weekly religion rail, with items on Virgin Mary apparitions, nuns who support the current health care reform bill, getting to know Christian author Hannah Adams, and more.

Travel: Great snorkling to be found at Mexican Riviera

My wife and I celebrated our 30th anniversary this month, and we wanted to commemorate the occasion by doing something we are both passionate about: snorkeling.

Diana Boggia: Problems with potty training, part 1

I recently received two letters with similar concerns, so I am addressing them together. This may be an “X-rated” column for some readers because of the graphic content; however bowel control or bowel withholding are fairly common among young children.

5 Things to Do This Weekend (March 19-21)

This week’s suggestions: Catch March Madness, head to the theater for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” celebrate American Chocolate Week, observe the Great American Meatout and celebrate spring.

Trading Post: No blarney, these are great cookies

Readers share favorite recipes.

Make mozzarella quickly and easily in your own kitchen

Mozzarella is the quick-and-easy cheese, the one home cooks can whip up to complement favorites such as homegrown tomatoes, homemade pizza, eggplant dishes and wine.

Family Time: Tips for moms to eliminate morning madness

Weekly family rail, with Tips for moms to eliminate morning madness, a review of “Remember Me” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and more.

 

Home Help: Spruce up your home for spring

Weekly home rail, with items on spring-cleaning the exterior of your home, tips for hiring a builder, ideas for a sweet-smelling garden, and more.

Dine like an Irishman

When Irish native Victor McMullan came to the United States to live, he had never considered celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a meal of corned beef and cabbage.

 

Ask the Vet: Please, enough with the fleas!

When a flea bites a person or a pet, it then lays 50 or more eggs, which can stay dormant for many months, only to mature later on under the right conditions.

'To hell and back': Veterans recall their service in the Pacific

Invading Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, Private Paul Minehan nearly drowned when his amphibious truck "shipped water," forcing him to scramble onto a landing craft that ferried him to the beach. Just out of high school, Massachusetts veterans of the Pacific war had to grow up overnight when they found themselves in Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Corregidor, Midway and the skies over Japan.

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