After years of making bread I have just recently added a new baking tool--an instant-read thermometer. I never really knew what that hollow sound was supposed to sound like. Now I know to take th...

$50???!!!

Besides the bugs, spiders, mold and tendency of cut up trees to constantly shed small chips of wood and moss, there is the safety issue--all that fuel IN your home. That's why smart wood stove own...

On the whole philosophy of whether to tie chores to allowance I come down very hard on keeping these two separate. Everyone in our house does housekeeping chores to keep the house functioning; tha...

Today is my birthday and with all the calls and cards I feel very wealthy. Perhaps this birthday glow will extend to winning some great wall art.

Yes, cooktine. Isn't that the tension we all have now. I would love to have the new low-flush toilets and bamboo towels, but to throw out the old toilets in my newly constructed house and the per...

Oh come on. I've had cats, dogs, kids and I have not had paper towels in the house for decades. Worn out t-shirts, kitchen towels and cloth napkins work just fine.