Sulfur stress
Germantown has so many wonderful things going for it (see our Connect page, for starters). Ah, but underneath! No, not some seedy cultural underbelly or local haunting. But something formed deep (alas not deep enough) in the earth, eons
Sustainability rules: At home in germantown
Get comfortable - this is a long post. The precarious state of the earth has been on my mind a lot lately. Maybe it’s because we have a 7-year-old son and scientists’ projections for his future are pretty grim. Maybe
The Life of the house
As I scurry about on this Thanksgiving eve, checking through mental to-do lists, something breaks through my concentration and delivers a shot of total pleasure: lights! After one last trip to Otto’s Market, Lawlor’s Package Store and Athabold Flowers, I
Septic scoop: A visit from royal flush
Everyone poops. But not everyone knows how to take care of a septic system. Or even what a septic system is. If you own a house in an area without municipal sewer access, you need to know. Otherwise you could
