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Add a Simple, Dry-Type, In-Floor Heating System Sep. 24, 2020
Dear James: We are remodeling a bedroom for my mother to live here. I would like a radiant floor-hea... Read More
It's Always Sunny in Pompei Oct. 26, 2019
You close the windows. Turn on the air, if you have it. Check the live maps. Twitter. Figure out how... Read More
Let's Clear up the Mystery of Ceiling Fan Direction Sep. 02, 2019
Most ceiling fans have a switch with two options. Forward spins one way and Reverse the other. But w... Read More
The Effects of Extreme Heat, Persistent Pain and an Exercise Tip Aug. 30, 2019
The long hot summer of 2019 is at last drawing to a close, and we already know it's one for the reco... Read More
Keeping Cool Jul. 08, 2019
Q: After decades of slogging through cold winters, I am now retired in sunny Arizona. Even if I've b... Read More
Earth at Aphelion Jun. 27, 2019
Week of June 30-July 6, 2019 While you're enjoying the pool and soaking up some rays this summer, tr... Read More
Old but Gold Advice for Keeping Your Cool Sep. 05, 2018
For much of the country, it has been a brutal summer, heatwise, with daily max records routinely bro... Read More
Gimme Swelter Aug. 03, 2017
It's August, which means most of us are feeling not unlike a Hershey bar in a pizza oven. What a rel... Read More
Humidity -- Not too High, Not Too Low, But Just Right Jul. 19, 2016
Humidity is a popular topic among friends and neighbors where I live in northern Colorado. It's like... Read More
It's Summertime Hot. Children Shouldn't Have to Die Jun. 25, 2016
BOISSER CITY, LOUISIANA — Three-year-old twins, children of a sheriff's deputy, were found unr... Read More
High Heat Hits Home: A True and Scary Story Jul. 01, 2014
(I wrote this column from a Greek island a few years ago. It's about the dangers of overheating R... Read More
Wizard of Id
Jun. 30, 2014
Strange Brew
Jun. 28, 2014
Heat Waves Are a Serious Health Threat Jun. 19, 2014
I often am required to attend horse shows with my wife and daughter. In midsummer, the temperatures ... Read More
A Little Dirt on Soil Apr. 30, 2014
Q: We retired and moved south. I used to have great black garden soil, but here the soil is brownish... Read More
Compact Play Places for Kids Apr. 30, 2014
We are holding our breath for spring! Even in those parts of the nation that still have snow; minds ... Read More
Agnes
Jan. 29, 2014
The Barn
Jan. 11, 2014
