There are many absolutely free music events in Europe in the coming weeks where the most you’ll have to pay is the money you choose to toss into an artist’s hat.

Europeans have generally been reluctant to eat corn straight off the cob because it was considered to be nothing more than hog feed. So, for six years while stationed in England and Germany, our American family went without. It wasn’t easy, because, as far as vegetables go, corn on the cob has always been kind of special to us.

Here are a few of the upcoming trips scheduled by military bases.

Listings for recently announced concerts, special concerts and shows and on-base theater.

Packing for trips in recent years is quite a bit different than when my husband was still active-duty Navy, before he became a clothes horse.

From mountains to coastlines to waterways to cities, fire-related events that celebrate the summer solstice are widespread and varied in Europe.

Here are a few of the upcoming trips scheduled by military bases.

Listings for recently announced concerts, special concerts and shows and on-base theater.

The third-floor Tokyo Comedy Bar club near Shibuya Station in Tokyo includes a cramped bar serving craft beer and snacks, but the action happens in the room next door where comedians prowl in the darkness. The small venue means everyone is fair game for the performers, and there are shows in both Japanese and English.

Tied to the arrival in the 1990s of fast fashion -- which for the uninitiated is essentially the ability to churn out new clothing lines at cheap prices -- the environmental destruction caused by discarded and disintegrating clothing cannot be understated. Attempts at reuse and recycling have only put a small dent in the worsening problem, hindered by a thorny set of technological obstacles to making old clothing new again.