My mother passed away 46 years ago, but she still finds ways to speak to me. Every Mother’s Day, the white irises in my backyard bloom right on schedule, reminding me of her. This year, I decided to do something different—I used Copilot, Gemini, and ...

Great habit! Combining errands and the gym into one 'trip chain' is essentially professional logistics (think FedEx or UPS) at a personal level. If you layer in some gentle hypermiling habits, like coasting to traffic lights, you’ll maximize your fue...

Some grocery stores do have a day for 4x fuel points (usually on Fridays) and 10% discount for seniors over 55 on first Tuesdays as in the case for Fred Meyer. That's an efficient way to rack up fuel points, such as if you earn 1000 points/ month, th...

AARP also suggest using clean sponges and soak with those static, non-toxic fabric softener solutions and toss in the dryer, which is a more economic option.  When the sponges are well used, use them for the bottom of pots for plant to retain water.

As gas prices surged since the Iran war, hypermiling is more important than ever. It's always been my way of driving, taught by my late father while I was using stick shift where he taught me to put on neutral (not a good idea in automatic shift and ...