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A wintery alpine village created within the Grand Palais was the set for the Chanel fall-winter 2019 collection.

Chanel says goodbye to Karl Lagerfeld gracefully, in a stunning winter wonderland

March 7, 2019, 6:00am Life

There were no grand gestures at Karl Lagerfeld’s final Chanel ready-to-wear show — the last one that he worked on before his death last month. Read story

Hand-washing your dishes the right way

March 5, 2019, 6:04am Life

There are people who enjoy washing dishes. I’ve heard of them. I even know a few. I, however, am not one of them. Read story

The combination living-dining room in a Santa Fe home in the mountains in Tucson, Ariz. The home was remodeled with chestnut board floors, hand-applied plaster, viga-style beams, and furnishings including a wood trunk from South America, a pair of antique iron lamps made from a reclaimed balcony rail from Spain, two antique Navajo rugs and a collection of old pueblo pottery and antique Apache baskets.

Southwestern style’s rustic look back in decor spotlight

March 5, 2019, 6:03am Life

A desert storm is brewing in the design world. Renewed interest in earthy color palettes, rich textures, tribal patterns and rustic elements has sparked a revival of Southwestern decorating style, long associated with homes in New Mexico and Arizona. Read story

Maintain a natural, graceful form to a flowering shrub with renewal pruning, starting with lopping back some of the oldest stems to ground level.

Regular pruning renews shrubs

March 5, 2019, 6:02am Life

those that lose their leaves each winter — are always sending up new stems at or near ground level. This makes them forgiving plants to prune. New growth, wherever needed, can eventually correct any mistakes. Still, there’s no reason to butcher these plants. Read story

Decoy carver Dan Carson works on turning a chunk of wood into a finished but unpainted decoy in about two hours at his home studio on Jan. 2, 2019 in Havre de Grace, Md. (Kenneth K.

Fowl play: Art of duck decoy carving dwindles

March 3, 2019, 6:00am Life

It was an ordinary log from a paulownia tree, a seasoned slice of timber which, in another life, might have gone up in smoke in the fireplace of the Carson home in Havre de Grace. But Dan Carson had other plans for the 20-inch slab in his backyard. Read story

Cast iron, top, is often called the original nonstick pan.

Sticking to the right pan for job

February 28, 2019, 6:00am Life

Cast iron is often called the original nonstick pan. And it makes sense. Well-seasoned cast-iron skillets have a naturally formed coating that is created when fats are heated to a certain point that causes them to reorganize into something resembling a plastic coating and bond to the metal. Read story

Ed Rowe, from left, Rebecca Wilson, Robin Hager and Jill Zundel react to the defeat of a proposal that would allow LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage within the United Methodist Church Tuesday at the denomination’s 2019 Special Session of the General Conference in St. Louis.

United Methodist Church delegates reject recognizing gay marriage

February 26, 2019, 10:04pm Churches & Religion

The United Methodist Church, America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted Tuesday to strengthen the faith’s divisive bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT clergy. Read story