Some years ago, on a visit to Istanbul, I wandered into a little guesthouse tucked into a street just down the hill from Topkapi Palace. The owner, Hikmet, was a...
Posted by Marcia Friedman
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Recently, I had fun spending a day with my 2-year-old niece, Lola. At first, a day with a toddler seemed daunting. I tried to remember what I did with my...
Posted by Nancy Dougherty
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For three years I lived in a house with an outdoor composter. Then my family moved to an apartment in San Francisco where there was neither composter nor green box...
Posted by Celine Rich-Darley
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Though we can’t go into all the technical rules of ikebana here, (and I don’t adhere to them myself), I do want to inspire you to look at flowers with...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
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Imagine a world with no colored fabric. Look in your closet, at your furniture, at your towels and your curtains. Imagine everyone dressed only in white. Such a drab existence...
Posted by Judith Lange
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Don’t have an iron? Use a stamp to burn your mark!
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
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Bonsai plants are, in their essence, little trees. Yet the art of bonsai has a much greater scope: it strives to replicate nature. It is an art that emulates the...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Gardening | 1 Comment
Why hydro instead of soil? Growing hydroponically has tons of advantages. It actually saves water! This project uses the same 5 gallons of water over and over again for a...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
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Although it sounds like some kind of euphemism from Brave New World, a “pneumatic trough” is actually a very handy piece of classic chemistry lab kit. Besides providing a convenient...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
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My previous tutorial shows how to construct a simple sheet metal “bridge,” which, in combination with an ice cube bucket and an olive jar, makes an effective pneumatic trough for...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
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I really heart coiled cords. I think coiling is a very elegant way of dealing with the problem of unsightly slack cables, and often I find myself wishing that this...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Music, Electronics | 1 Comment
This project began when I, myself, realized that deep need–that every man knows sooner or later in his life–which can only be satisfied by a say-hello-to-my-little-friend snow globe. I scoured...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Kids & Family, Fun & Games | 1 Comment
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