Blog posts filed under "home"

How a rowdy annual orgy was tamed into the tradition of family Christmas shopping and commercialism we know today.

Google's powerful 3D drafting application is useful and free.

The installation instructions for Peerless faucets are funny reading.

I have been having my fill of rain, tomato-growing, and rabbits.

A video clip from the old 'Sessions at West 54th Street' show.

One of these radios could save your life, or the lives of your loved ones.

This dish of black-eyed peas and pork meat is considered good luck on New Year's Day in the southern U.S.

Underneath my yard, I'm hoping to cultivate a healthy population of these amazing animals.

I did some reading, hung a hummingbird feeder, and sure enough -- a hummingbird came to our window.

I was very honored to have this visitor devouring our tomato plants -- until I discovered what it really was.

The magazine -- and the MyRecipes.com website -- are great sources for interesting-but-easy, healthy weeknight dinners.

The plant is exceptionally toxic, with one mouthful able to kill a horse or cow within 5 minutes.

Since moving to Racine, we're beginning to appreciate some of the special things here.

We have been reading a few gardening books, and now we're planting some things in our yard.

'Good Eats' is a TV show that can improve your life. Steel-cut oatmeal is a food that may lengthen it.

Glechoma hederacea, a.k.a. "Ground ivy" or "Creeping Charlie," is a lawn weed that can drive a homeowner batty.

Moving from apartment to house has made it possible for us to attract a much wider variety of birds to our backyard.