Melissa Hayes

I'm not a fan of scare quotes or quibble marks, as some might call them. But when I say "fake news," I'm not talking about fake news...

When I tell people we compost, the first thing they ask is how bad it smells. To be honest, it doesn't. If you have an aversion to fruit...

What comes to mind when you read my headline? You might think of climate change, or some other environmental issue, like air quality. But...

When you think about the future of transportation — specifically how you might be travelling 30 years from now — what comes to mind? If...

I've been a bit fascinated by all the projects people have been tackling during the COVID-19 pandemic. One neighbor has been working on a...

I logged into YouTube earlier this week and was greeted by a notice alerting me to new privacy policy changes. I have to admit that I...

This week I posed a mini card (pictured) that is part of a set a college friend of mine just started selling. Back in the day she made...

I was recently scrolling through Instagram and came across several adorable crochet pumpkin patterns. Thanks to a happy accident I...

I just returned from a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Every time I visit I'm amazed by how progressive the cities are. I'm not taking...

I like to think of myself as skilled at multitasking. I can type incredibly fast and can often fire off an email (or two) while holding a...

Very regrettably, as a nation, the farther away we get from 9/11/2001, the closer we get to 9/10/2001... A friend of mine posted the...

The new Hudson Yards development in New York City is making headlines this week and not because it just opened. The real estate...

We live in the age of now. We want to know things right now. When we text or call someone we expect an immediate response. Getting our...

I remember visiting Disney’s Epcot theme part sometime in the mid-1990s and riding on Spaceship Earth. The ride inside the iconic sphere...

Did you hear about the man in Atlanta who went rogue inside an Ikea store by placing fake arrows on the floor, creating a labyrinth with...

This week’s assignment included taking a personality test. I don’t think that anyone who knows me would be shocked to find out that I...

When I was growing up we didn’t have cell phones, you accessed the internet via dial up, and there were a lot of people who did not have...