Perspectives
READER PROVIDES A TWO-IN-ONE HINT
Dear Heloise: To keep celery crisp and prevent it from wilting early, wash the celery and separate it into individual stalks. Dry, then wrap all the clean stalks in tinfoil and refrigerate. I put mine in the vegetable bin. They will last a long time.
My return to fashion
All my life, I’ve found it hard to resist a good bargain. So, the pandemic a few years ago briefly curtailed my excellent purchasing decisions.
Falling in love
One of life’s great questions is, “What makes people fall in love?”
Is country music cool again?
The rhythm-and-bluestinged 1962 Ray Charles album “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.” John Travolta’s mechanical- bull-riding adventures in the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy.” The star-making 1990 “No Fences” album by Garth Brooks. The 2005 Country Music Association Awards show held in Madison Square Garden rather than Nashville.
