Woman's World January 23, 2023

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 NATIONAL SEED SWAP DAY Revel in a new start It’s never too early to start planning your garden, and online seed swaps make it easy to do! “You gain access to an endless variety of flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit for the small cost of postage and sharing your own seeds,” says Kate Van Druff, who shares gardening tips at BunnysGarden.com. Find seed swaps on Facebook or at www.FrugalGardenSeedSwap.com. Van Druff suggests swapping small, flat seeds, so you don’t have to worry about them getting damaged in the mail, and you’ll save on postage if you use ¼"-thick (or less) envelopes. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY Treat yourself! No one will ever guess your chocolate cake came from a boxed mix with these tips from Miranda Couse, who shares recipes…

FOX Feel mesmerized with Accused! Put on your crime-solving cap and lose yourself in this 15-episode series based on a British crime anthology that introduces a new case and different cast weekly. Each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant, without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial. The show is told from the accused person’s point of view and shows how one wrong turn can lead to another…until it’s too late to turn back. Look for episodes starring Michael Chiklis, Rhea Perlman and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, plus the directorial debut of Marlee Matlin. See the first episode January 22. APPLE TV+ Be captivated with Shrinking! You’ll laugh and cry watching this dramedy about Jimmy, a therapist struggling to grieve the loss of his wife. He decides to go against all of…

• Laverne & Shirley premiered in 1976. The L on Laverne’s shirt was so viewers would know who was who. • The Rubik’s Cube debuted in 1980. Early prototypes were made of wood blocks and paper clips. • Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” topped the charts in 1962. Originally released in 1960, it is the only song to hit #1 twice. • The popularity of chess soared following the first World Chess Championship in 1886. The winner retained his title for eight years! • 101 Dalmatianshit theaters in 1961. If you actually counted all the dogs’ spots throughout the whole movie, you’d tally up 6,469,952!…

Fiction COZY MYSTERY The Game Is a Footnote by Vicki Delany This fun, spooky whodunit begins when things start eerily moving around in the Scarlet House museum—the oldest building in West London, Massachusetts. Board members ask Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, to get to the bottom of the “haunting.” But when she and her friend Jayne find a dead body on the property, they’ll have to solve the mystery before they become the ghosts! HISTORICAL FICTION Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton Readers are taken back to 1800s Texas in this gripping, emotional novel that offers a glimpse into the lives of six enslaved women. When faced with unimaginable obstacles on a struggling plantation, Nan comes up with a plan to keep each of the women safe. But if their plans…

Molly Gray lay on her bed lazily scrolling Facebook until… “No!” she cried, when she read a post from her friend Dan Napoleon. I can’t believe I have to do this, but this is what it’s come to, he’d written. Dan explained that chronic hypertension and diabetes had left his kidneys so weak, he needed dialysis three times a week. But now that wasn’t enough. He needed a transplant. A living donor would be best, but his wife, Sharon, and other family members weren’t a match. If anyone would consider getting tested, let me know. Molly’s son, Cooper, and Dan’s son, Brandon, played on the same traveling soccer league’s Team Celtics. Between practices and overnight trips, the kids’ parents were a tight-knit group of friends. Dan’s gentle spirit and larger than life…

1 Host a fundraiser! African Americans are three times more likely to suffer from end-stage renal disease and make up 60% of the kidney transplant waiting list. To help, the African American Transplant Access Program (AATAP), led by Dr. Dinee C. Simpson, helps the community gain access to transplants. Go to Foundation.NM.org and click “Give Now,” then select “Other Designation” and type in “AATAP,” or email giving@nm.org to organize a fundraiser. 2 Lend a hand! The size of the body and the organ matter when matching donors to patients, which means children can only receive transplants from others their size. Support the Children’s Organ Transplant Association by going to COTA.org and clicking on “Volunteers.” Then, click “Contact COTA” and fill out the form to be connected with a Community Coordinator to help the…