I'm feeling a bit like a crazy lady.  I've been hauling water in a big bucket around the house.  It's 'grey-water' from our high-efficiency furnace.  You see, the furnace  condenses water from the air (as part of the heating process) and that water drains into our laundry room sink.     I'...

I'm asking because we live in such a throw-away society these days.  And we're all crazy busy.  Who has the time to patch or darn socks?  Even someone like me who is somewhat handy with a needle & thread and a sewing machine, hardly ever takes the time to actually repair things.  You should ...

I produce a lot of garbage, and I’m not talking about just my writing. Here’s one reason: Even though the grocery store is only about a block or two away from my apartment, I tend to take large shopping trips infrequently rather than smaller trips more frequently. Here are the problems w...

EBMUD has introduced mandatory water rationing. I read the press release, and here are the salient points: -- Single-family residential households are being asked to reduce their water consumption by 19%-- Multi-family residential households are being asked to reduce their water consumption by 11%--...

So, how is everyone doing? Are you doing your best to find alternate gift wraps or gift-holding containers? Planning on replanting the tree on December 26? Or are your efforts this month confined to re-using  your wassail glass, reducing the number of Hershey's mint miniatures in the candy dish...