In the past week, Don asked me for advice. He lives in the northeast corner of North Carolina just 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. His front porch stoop is in very bad shape. Back in 1949, when the ...

Is there a better way to spend a lovely summer evening than sitting on your porch enjoying the breeze? Even if you don't live near the ocean, you can trick yourself into thinking you've got a breezy, ...

Fireplaces have been in use in the Pacific Northwest up until yesterday, given how cold our so-called spring has been so far. I saw a lady in the grocery store over the weekend who was as brown as a ...