Guest Comforts from Towels to Toasty Rooms* My brother-in-law (the beloved Uncle Mitch) is coming to our home for Thanksgiving next week. This is not a big stress-inducing situation. Preparing for Uncle Mitch means cleaning up my younger daughters’ bedroom so he can use it, preparing lots of good grub , and getting ready to smile from ear to ear. Getting [...] Easy Ways to Green Your Home (While Taking Tips from Your City or Work Site)* I spent the early-morning today emailing some friends who live in a community near mine that just voted to become a new city (which would make it the newest city in the United States) and want to encourage eco-practices that are smart from the start. The metro-Atlanta city where I live held that title [...] Company’s Coming! Get Ready (and Have Fun Doing It)* As I sit here eating Halloween candy at 10 in the morning (no, no I didn’t just admit that, did I? Oh, please, I know you’re doing it, too), I’m glancing at Facebook comments for a Kudzu question about how many trick-or-treaters had come to people’s homes (this photo is from here, by the [...] Rake In the Good Vibrations at Home Even If You’re Not Raking in the Dough* Vroom, vroom. It’s constant in my neighborhood (I don’t know about yours). With lawn mowers and leaf blowers and every other kind of mechanized equipment nowadays, there are a few pleasures in life we’ve possibly lost, such as the sound of a broom sweeping a walk and the sound of a rake dragged across [...] Home and Garden Transitions from Season to Season–and One Life Stage to Another* I picked the last of the butternut squashes and eggplants yesterday, and tossed lettuce seeds in the spots now bared. The adorable little kale babies are already up and waving at me (see picture–don’t the kale leaves look like little hands waving, or am I going crazy?), but the basil was shaking in its [...] |
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