Carpentry has a rhythm that should neverbe violated. You need to move slowly,methodically, never trying to finish early,never even hoping that you’d be done sooner.It’s best if you work without thought of theend. If hurried, you end up with crooked door joints and drafty rooms. Do not workafter you are annoyed just so the jobwill…

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How can you resist them, especially at this time of year? Taking a hot water bottle to bed is a delightful way to end a busy day. Brooklyn integrative nutritionist Rachel Kieffer tells me they aid digestion. And while they’re not the sexiest of appliances, (“No dear, that’s not ME, that’s my hot water bottle!”)…

Has this ever happened to you? While driving down the road in your car, you spy an individual who has jay-walked standing on the two yellow lines in the center of the road. You think: “My God. This person is in danger!” So you slow down and check your rear view mirror to make sure…

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