When my husband, John, and I were in Roscommon, Ireland, in June 2011, we contacted Sarah Browne (Antogher Rd., Roscommon, Co. Roscommon; phone 0879439446) to set up a cooking experience featuring Irish food.

She offers a variety of cooking classes, ranging in cost from $43 to $157. Though there were no classes scheduled on the days we were in the area, she kindly offered to prepare a traditional Irish meal with us for the cost of the ingredients.

I had always considered...

by Julie Skurdenis (part 2 of 3 on the Balkans)

The small country of Kosovo, in Eastern Europe, has seen its share of turmoil in recent years, especially since the breakup of Yugoslavia that began in the 1990s.

When Serbia emerged from the old Yugoslavia (more accurately, it “reemerged,” since Serbia once existed as an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages), Kosovo was part of this “new” Serbia, a political fact that changed in February 2008 when...

by Armond Noble, Publisher

Dr. Tim Wall, Oroville, CA, suggested a few questions for me to ask our readers. Here’s what he wants you to write in about. Gentlemen, on any overseas trips recently, did you get a haircut? Where and when did you get it? Were you pleased? How much did it cost? And, ladies, did you use the services of a beauty salon while outside of the US? Where, when and how much was it? Were you satisfied? Delighted?

Now for the results of your voting on an...