‘Musings’ Reviews & Articles

Green Home Renovation – Safe Paints, Steam Cleaning

By Richard My wife and I have repainted our entire home with VOC free paint as well as removed all of the carpeting from the house. We are also going to be using a cloth [...]

No More Plastic Water Bottles = $75 Saved Per Month!

By Randy I just started to recycle my empty spring water bottles and was startled by the amount of bottles that I collected in the recycling bin. Then I looked into making my own clean [...]

Greening My Life – Reusing and Recycling

By Mary Jo I use the water from my dehumidifier to water my special plants especially during our town’s odd/even water ban. With the recent humid weather in the Northeast my morning glories, daylilies and [...]

Saving Trees One Paper Towel at a Time

It’s about time we saved the trees. The recycled paper towels arrive, and our merchandising team member celebrates the moment.

Cat Litter for the Environment

Walter On Father’s Day, my wife and I enjoyed our first celebration of this day by picnicking with our one year old son, Jackson.  While I tried to eat my lunch and keep Jack from [...]

Good-bye Plastic, Hello Silverware

It’s official. We are no longer buying wasteful plastic utensils thanks to our office manager. Silverware has arrived into our kitchen drawers, and a dish drying rack appeared on the countertop one day to accomodate [...]

Using a Throw for Watching the TV

Mercia Tapping We have a north facing den, which in winter gets abysmally chilly. And, much to my chagrin, my husband has been prone to putting on space heaters at full blast and running up [...]

Banning Paper Plates

Mercia Tapping As much as I dislike doing dishes or using the best china for casual dining, which is an invitation to use paper plates – I have deleted them from our shopping list. Truth [...]

More Scenes from England

Mercia Tapping I was fascinated to read in an English newspaper last week that in a nation-wide poll about their ideal home, the English no longer wanted a stately historic home or even a castle. [...]

Heating Up The Great Outdoors

Mercia Tapping Do any of you have a partner who insists on heating the great outdoors by having the windows thrown open all day while the furnace is blazing during the heating season? With the [...]