For 22 years, Duh and I have lived in the same house. The house is about 90 years old and so is the grass and stuff around it.

Jayne Ann Krentz, using her historical writing pseudonym of Amanda Quick, brings readers a new series with an old theme.

For such sweet-looking things, hanging baskets can be demanding divas.

I miss a lot of “special” weeks in this job, and the most recent victim was National Window Safety Week. While I doubt that the result was anything like the defenestration of Prague (the one in 1618, not 1419), I would be remiss if I did not mention at least a few safety tips provided to me by the folks at Marvin Windows:

The housekeeper of the 1920s had it made.

Looking for summer vacation ideas? Here are five vacation ideasto consider:

Dear Tom and Ray: When your auto mechanic offers to help sell your ‘97 Subaru, what percentage of the sale is appropriate to give him as a thank you? If I ask him, I think he will decline, because he sees it as a favor to my husband, who recently passed away and who was a longtime customer of his. – Mary

Setting a story in Appalachia during the dark days of World War I promises a certain gloominess to the tale. And while Ron Rash delivers that in “The Cove,” he also spins a moving tale of the hardships faced by two siblings as they fight for their existence in the hills of Appalachia.

Planting wildflowers is an easy way to enhance a yard, particularly with mixed-flower meadows and border gardens.

They’re young and old, doctors and churchgoers, gay and straight – and those are just the MEN who have devoured oh-so-naughty “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic trilogy that has earned millions of women fans in a matter of weeks.

For 22 years, Duh and I have lived in the same house. The house is about 90 years old and so is the grass and stuff around it.