Every year, after the last frost (or at least what I hope is the last frost), when the evening temperatures are in the 50s and the daytime t...

Old table in all of its 1970s glory The year is 1999. My wife and I had just gotten married, and we were working with a combined i...

When my wife and I were first married, we heard about the idea of powering a house with solar panels. We immediately used our dial up int...

It is very hard to believe, but Renaissance Dad turns one today! It has been a wonderful year of building, gardening, cooking, and blogging...

When I moved from teaching into educational administration, I had no idea how much time I would end up sitting at my desk. While I try not t...