Donating your way to a cleaner home
Clutter Be Gone! By Elizabeth Floyd Mair/Life@Home Organization experts tell us to organize clutter into three piles: keep, throw, and donate. But sometimes even though we would like to donate some of...
View ArticleDollars & Sense: What to save and what to toss
Financial Spring Cleaning By Ann Hughes/Life@Home The ground is thawing, the birds are singing and soon you’ll be opening those windows wide. If you’re in the mood for spring cleaning, this is the...
View ArticleTech Tips: Picking the best streaming music service for your needs
New Wave By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home The market-research company The NBD Group reported late last year that 96 million people — about 50 percent of the U.S. Internet population aged 13 and older —...
View ArticleTable@Home: You can have local corn in April. We’re not kidding!
Corny Jokes By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My family likes to play April Fool’s jokes. We go with the goofy, fun stuff. Zoe and I once dumped a healthy dose of cayenne pepper into Paul’s coffee. He knew...
View ArticleMy Space: The Hood
Story and photo by Suzanne Kawola/Life@Home We all have favorite spots, places where we feel most comfortable or at home. Sometimes it’s a favorite chair or nook in a room; other times it’s outside the...
View ArticleOnline Exclusive: Learning to love seaweed
Elemental Eating By John Adamian/Life@Home Is there a vegetable out there that needs a more thorough public-image overhaul than seaweed? Superficially, seaweed has got so much going against it. The...
View ArticleThe best cookware for your kitchen
Banging Pots & Pans By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Life@Home Poisoning from lead pots contributed to Rome’s fall, one theory says. Which modern cookware is best for your health and cuisine? Here’s what...
View ArticleKitchen Crumbs: Tasty Tidbits to brighten up your cooking
By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Looking for fresh, local food? With more than 7,000 farmers markets in the United States, and over 20 in the Capital Region, chances are good there is one close to you. To...
View ArticleTalk Back: The story behind the story…from our contributors
Read about how our contributors learned new things while working on this month’s edition of Life@Home. Savvy Saving Ann Hughes Teaching kids to be financially responsible is not easy, but it is...
View ArticleMy Space: Brandon Russ
Story and photo by Suzanne Kawola/Life@Home We all have favorite spots, places where we feel most comfortable or at home. Sometimes it’s a favorite chair or nook in a room; other times it’s outside the...
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