• Turns out the easiest method to make coffee at home is the greenest, too. If you’re only making a cup of coffee for yourself, using instant instead of grinding and brewing your own java has the lowest amount of carbon emissions. In fact, it’s one-third of the emissions versus making whole-bean coffee. The trick is to use instant coffee packaged in easily recyclable materials like aluminum or glass to make sure it’s zero waste, too. The best part? Instant coffee has a shelf life of 20 years, and you only make enough for yourself, with none going down the drain.

Old men have been much in the news of late. Specifically, the health and intellectual fitness of two aging politicians, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

In those black-and-white days, so long ago, my high school classmates Cindy Smith, Cheryl Gordon and Jan Schwartz were popover girls, circulating through the General Glover House Restaurant dining room with a basket of hot, light and buttery rolls. So was Susan Harris, whose younger brother — another classmate, Dougie Harris — was a busboy. Jeff Lunt, a year ahead of us, marinated the mushrooms, steamed the corn and prepared the garlic bread. Sometimes on late nights, the town police would drive him home.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am upset with my husband because he thinks that it isn't his responsibility to do our daughter's hair — ever. He thinks that since he's a man, any responsibility that is deemed feminine isn't his job. I've tried explaining that parenting responsibilities should be shared equally, regardless of gender stereotypes, but he's adamant.