Snow Ice Cream: A modern mom's take on an old-fashioned treat
When winter started, my 8-year-old daughter wanted to make snow ice cream. Badly. She watched the weather forecast every night, and like a lot of adults, expressed frustration when the predictions proved incorrect.

Her younger sister Zoe, 6, was less enthused. "Seriously, are you gonna make us eat snow with dog pee in it?" she wanted to know.

I explained to her that my plan was to catch the snow in a bowl so it would never touch the ground. Zoe argued, "It's not like we grew it and we know where it comes from, Mom. It just fell out of the sky. Do you know what's up there?" That hit a nerve. More »

Pucker up: Keep your lips kissable with homemade lip balm
For the past several years I've gone to great effort to make sure that the skin-care products I use are as natural as possible. I've found some excellent cleansers, cosmetics and moisturizers on the drugstore shelves, but because my pocketbook doesn't always support my paraben-free preferences, I have also happily embraced a little at-home alchemy. Recently, I spent an afternoon making my own lip balm and lip gloss.

After a bit of initial... More »

Manage the change: Charting a way through menopause, with or without HRT
If you see a woman driving with her car window rolled down on a day with a wind chill of -2, don't be alarmed. She's probably just experiencing a menopausal hot flash. Beyond momentary nuisances like this, the physical, emotional, cultural, and sometimes spiritual changes that accompany menopause can have a profound effect on women.

In simplistic terms, menopause occurs when a woman's monthly cycle of ovulation comes to an end—ovaries... More »

Wildlife trivia: Put your knowledge of the natural world to the test
On Feb. 9, a trivia night will take place at the Black Hawk State Historic Site lodge to support the conservation activities and prairie restoration work done by Interstate Resource Conservation and Development council, a group whose volunteers work to protect and restore natural areas in the Quad-Cities region. To get in the spirit of the event, you can put your your knowledge of local wildlife to the test by taking the quiz below. Find the answers... More »

Behind the scenes: Have a peek at our staff hard at work at a photo shoot
Curious about what goes on at a Radish photo shoot? Each one is a little different, but if you want to get a taste for a bit of the work that goes into putting a story together, here's your chance!

In this video, two longtime Radish contributors--photographer Paul Colletti and writer Laura Anderson Shaw--work together to create artwork to run with Laura's upcoming article on minimalist shoes, the latest footware craze among hikers, runners and... More »

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