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By Lynn Underwood

Leo Kuhl sat on the edge of a yellow tube. Then he disappeared. The 6-year-old twisted and turned down the curved, enclosed slide, then landed in the basement below. “It’s fun,” said Leo. “But a little scary when it turns.” “It is...

By Kim Palmer

What’s standing between you and your dream kitchen? Often, it’s a wall — a relic from the days when a separate dining room was a must-have in every home. Today, formal meals have gone the way of the rotary phone in most households, and a room...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

In 1966, an American archaeologist named Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski was working on a dig at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried under ash and pumice during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. She noticed something unusual going on...

By Kathy Van Mullekom

After redoing our 10-year-old yard with new plants and patio, we added the icing on the cake — bird feeders. After planting eastern red cedars, hollies and other bird-attracting plants in the natural area outback, we visited several birding...

We’re entering that dark cold part of the year, when color drains from the landscape and we yearn for some bright growing things. A terrific way to enliven the winter months is to pot up some amaryllis bulbs. At first sight, the large, knobby bulbs...