I’m just old enough that I remember the Christmas Wish Book, that fat, glossy, full-color catalog - was it from Sears? - loaded with toys and other stuff to fuel my suburban … [Read more...]

“I just can’t handle it any more. We’ve tried everything we could think of, and it’s just constantly a weedy, muddy mess that feels like a total waste.” He sounded frantic. … [Read more...]

Guess what? July 2nd, I celebrated NINE YEARS of being my own boss. Ring that bell! In that time I have learned so, so much. And I've gotten to work with and mentor newer … [Read more...]

There’s a certain appeal to gravel paths and patios. They somehow manage to at once be both casual and formally elegant. A gravel path says “let’s go somewhere, and you don’t need … [Read more...]

In Roman days, genius loci referred to the protective spirit of a given place. Today, we refer to it as the atmosphere or general “feel” that a location has. I’ve been to public … [Read more...]

This week I did something terrifying and lived to tell about it: I spoke to several marauding groups of middle school kids. The fine folks at Marsteller Middle School in Bristow … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago we got the unsurprising news that processed meats were bad for you. Look, if you thought eating hot dogs and Spam was going to make you healthier than your crazy … [Read more...]

I opened my email this morning and there was one from Pinterest, simply titled "Homemade Weed Killer", that said Did you know vinegar is an effective weed killer? Unlike … [Read more...]