It's been a banner year for snowy owls on the Cape and Islands, with four of them seen on Nantucket this past week.

It never fails. Every time we have a family event, are going on vacation, or have a holiday celebration, one of the kids gets sick.

You are probably thinking "Fels Naptha?" What in tarnation is that? Well, THAT my friends is the best little cleaning product that you can own - and you can buy it at a lof of SF and Bay Area stores.

"Leaves of 3, let them be." This rhyme pertains both to poison ivy identification and poison oak identification.

Whether it is caused by mosquito or chigger bites , hives, or poison ivy, itching can leave kids miserable, scratching all day, and sleepless for most of the night.