Last week I attended the Madison Green forum — touted as the most comprehensive “brainstorming session” to date in the borough — held in the LEED-designated student center, where more than 150 residents, municipal leaders and volunteers gathered.
Hardly a housewife: Trash picking with purpose
October 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Other people have a lot of cool stuff — stuff they have outgrown or grown sick of, stuff they put out by the road that might just need a little TLC. I have found better quality items sitting at the end of my neighbor’s driveway or in a stranger’s garage than in a catalog or [...]
Hardly a housewife: When your ceiling sags
October 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There’s nothing like really looking under the hood to make you think “charming” is a realtor’s secret code for: run for the hills! I can deal with horse-hair insulation and bumpy plaster. But when we decided to peek up into the ceiling to check out the hand-hewn beams above, we were in for a real surprise.
Hardly a housewife: Our first garden
October 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
My kitchen has been overtaken by tomatoes. For the past week, the countertops have been lined with spillover from a late summer harvest. It’s a blessing, but also a real dilemma for a brown-thumb, largely kitchen-phobic girl who for nearly three decades picked the tomatoes out of everything. I love fresh produce as much as [...]
