Q. People like my tuna casserole. Really. They do! Day One: delicious. Day Two: still good. The spice has settled in nicely. The problem is that said casserole self-replicates in the fridge. Every evening, it feels like we’re almost done. “There might be enough for one more lunch,” enthuses no

Q. Is there a bright light amidst the darkness? Is there treasure to be unearthed as we slog through trouble? Such is the hope as we invoke the common idiom: ‘every cloud has a silver lining.’ What is the origin of this comforting quip? . A. It’s a phrase that

Q. A hobby?! No thanks to telling a Bengal House Cat or a Border Collie that some people consider them ‘hobbies.’ “A hobby? Hold my bone…” ‘Pets’ aside, which hobbies are particularly entrancing people these days? . A. Here are the top twelve most popular hobbies identified by US respondents,

Q. It’s always so interesting to see artists depict other artists at work. And what more beautiful artistry to capture on canvas than dance? What are some examples of different types of dancing captured by visual artists? . A. A dancerly sampling… Pierre Bruegel the Elder. The Wedding Dance. 1566

Q. For those of us who adore Christmas, the season is already well in swing. Where are some particularly beautiful places to travel if you want to steep yourself in Christmas spirit? . A. We can start with Google, who offered up the most-searched destinations on Google Flights for trips

Q. Do you have any choice food pairings that others find… unusual? Any so quirky that you would never indulge in public? What are some seemingly weird food mash-ups that people are willing to divulge (in anonymous surveys?) Chicco polled 2,000 Americans from 44 States on just that… . A.

Q. Pass over pink at your own peril. What are some words or phrases – current and old-fashioned-  that are inspired by the colour pink? . A. Carnation In olde times this described gradations of colour in flesh 👀 Got A Pink Slip Just got fired Have A Pink Fit

Q. Which animals run the fastest and how do we humans fare in comparison? . A. The 2020 World Almanac (with its teeny-tiny writing) and the American Museum of Natural History have answers. Sad to say, it’s rather bad race news for we non-Olympian humans. Most of these animals were

Q. Some days are daydream days. How can we get away – if not in reality, at least in our minds? One particularly stunning destination for a flight-free fantasm? Venice. Nobel Prize-winning poet, Joseph Brodsky (1940- 1996) – after ‘scanning this city’s face for seventeen winters’ – has written about

Q. The post-nuptials first dance is a big deal these days. It’s not unusual to find painstakingly chosen songs, dance lessons, choreographers … Which songs are we most likely to hear during this high-stakes first dance? . A. Last year, The Knot surveyed 10,000 married couples around what they see