Ken-Do Attitude
Start growing your summer food
Try growing some of your own food this summer. Enjoy delicious produce, save money, and reduce climate-warming gas emissions associated with long-distance transportation and packaging of store-bought foods. Most vegetables and...
Sweet Simplicity
Simple living: Different for everyone
What does “simple living” mean to you? Does it mean reducing clutter or streamlining your chores? While it means different things to each of us, living a simple life is an important way that we can protect our mental health as...
Gardening Tips
Dogwoods yearn for afternoon shade
Cornus florida is a wonderful deciduous native dogwood that loves to live with morning sun and afternoon shade. These beautiful small trees live under the shade of larger trees, growing 15-30 feet tall and 15-25 feet wide. In a...
Antique Discovery
Oil lamps have shown way for years
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) Since the dawn of time, people have tried to illuminate the darkness with an artificial source of light. As an...
