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James Kelly poses with a photo of his late father, also named James Kelly, at his home May 1. Kelly had to delay his plans to travel to Scotland, where he planned to scatter his father's ashes, because of the coronavirus outbreak.<br>John Bazemore/AP

A life well-lived?

As headlines blare about elders being more susceptible to dying of the coronavirus, the healthy wonder: Will I be able to achieve, see, and do everything I wanted out of life?

Forts provide kids with safe places and give them outlets for creativity. <br>iStock Forts provide kids with safe places and give them outlets for creativity. <br>iStock
Why kids love building forts — and why experts say they might need them more than ever
As quarantine-imposed lockdowns continue, people are feeling the need to cut and style their own hair. Stylists, however, urge using caution and encourage those willing to take the risk to look up videos and tutorials online. <br>iStock As quarantine-imposed lockdowns continue, people are feeling the need to cut and style their own hair. Stylists, however, urge using caution and encourage those willing to take the risk to look up videos and tutorials online. <br>iStock
Quarantine hair, do care
<br>Andrea Villari/Stars and Stripes
<br>Andrea Villari/Stars and Stripes

Zoom with a view: Download a videoconference backdrop for a virtual window to the world

For an escape from the domestic drudgery, a slew of travel industry players have created scenic backgrounds for Zoom participants.

A Soloflex ad from the 1980s.<br>
A Soloflex ad from the 1980s.<br>

Under quarantine, vintage Soloflexes are getting a workout

Now that we're all sitting on our butts, those old impulse purchases are coming out of storage, both to assuage our guilt and, quite possibly, to tone our glutes.

<br>Withings
<br>Withings

Digital scale maker finds its customers are maintaining weight during the lockdown

Good news from the internet of flab: Data from connected scales suggests Americans aren't piling on lots of pounds while in coronavirus isolation. But how you view those numbers is a matter of perspective.

Alison Steffensen is joined by her daughter, Elin, 3, as she works at the home office she set up in the front yard of her home in Sacramento, Calif., March 20. Many like Steffensen, a psychologist who works for Yolo County, are adjusting to their new normal amid the various stay-at-home orders imposed due to the coronavirus.<br>Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Alison Steffensen is joined by her daughter, Elin, 3, as she works at the home office she set up in the front yard of her home in Sacramento, Calif., March 20. Many like Steffensen, a psychologist who works for Yolo County, are adjusting to their new normal amid the various stay-at-home orders imposed due to the coronavirus.<br>Rich Pedroncelli/AP

The new normal is getting old fast

You might have thought we’d have gotten the hang of this stay-at-home thing by now. But flattening the curve has warped our lives.

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games

Paper Beast throws players into a hallucinatory cyberscape running on a quantum computer.<br>Pixel Reef
Paper Beast throws players into a hallucinatory cyberscape running on a quantum computer.<br>Pixel Reef

Move through a wild simulated ecosystem by solving puzzles in dreamlike Paper Beast

Perhaps it was when I unspooled tape from an old reel-to-reel player and created a beast out of its ribbons, or maybe it was when I saw a tree sprout hot air balloons. It also could have been when I watched an elephant lead a menagerie in an underwater procession. Each is among the possibilities for the moment I decided that Paper Beast should be counted among the handful of truly great games available on PlayStation VR.

europe after hours

Customers enjoy the warm spring weather at the Bremerhof beer garden in Kaiserslautern, Germany, while sitting at tables spaced widely apart and no more than six per table. The restaurant, located in the woods just south of Kaiserslautern, opened in mid-May. Strict social distancing and hygienic rules are in place to reduce exposure to the coronavirus.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes
Customers enjoy the warm spring weather at the Bremerhof beer garden in Kaiserslautern, Germany, while sitting at tables spaced widely apart and no more than six per table. The restaurant, located in the woods just south of Kaiserslautern, opened in mid-May. Strict social distancing and hygienic rules are in place to reduce exposure to the coronavirus.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Enjoy a beer, maintain social distance at Bremerhof beer garden in Kaiserslautern

Under clear, blue skies in mid-May at the Bremerhof beer garden in Kaiserslautern, Germans did what they do every spring when it’s warm enough to sit outdoors: They soaked up the sun and emptied their beer mugs.

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Acclaimed Japanese musician Kazufumi Miyazawa sits outside his Okinawa City cafe, Miyanchi Studio and Coffee, in this undated photo on his Facebook page.<br>Facebook
Acclaimed Japanese musician Kazufumi Miyazawa sits outside his Okinawa City cafe, Miyanchi Studio and Coffee, in this undated photo on his Facebook page.<br>Facebook

Miyanchi Studio & Coffee serves soba that’s music to the taste buds

If you’ve ever visited Okinawa, you’ve probably heard the song “Shima Uta,” or “Island Song,” by the Japanese band The Boom.

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the meat and potatoes of life

Pandemic ramps up PCS move rivalries

It’s summer PCS season, when 40% of the 400,000 military and DOD civilian moves take place each year. This time brings back memories of our family’s final military move in May 2017. It was our 11th in 23 years of marriage, and it was pretty much like all the rest — a stressful experience involving tedious planning, unexpected crises, broken and lost belongings and physical exhaustion.