May 6, 2010 RSS feed / House & Home

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What’s Cooking

A Terrific Spy and Cook
By PHYLLIS GREENWAY
The Northfield News
VIVIAN WAS retired from the CIA when I met her. She had spent her last year or so training surveillance personnel. These were older women, the premise being that they were less likely to be noticed when they were over 45. More...

Ask the Home Team

Which uses less energy: A dimmer switch with an incandescent bulb or a regular switch with a CFL? I'm prepared to install dimmer switches if they're the better way to go. More...

Keeping In Touch

Bird Alert!
By CHRISTINE BARNES
The Northfield News

JUST ONE morning ago, the half-moon crystal clarity of the night reluctantly yielded to the grace of another beautiful spring day. More...

The Gardening Guy

Weeds, Wonderful Weeds
By HENRY HOMEYER

As the bible says, “To every thing there is a season … a time to plant and …a time to weed.” Okay, I’m paraphrasing Ecclesiastes 3 a little bit, because, as far as I know, the bible says nothing directly about weeding More...