I thought we had every kind of saw known to man. We have manual saws and power saws, wood saws and metal saws. We have a chop saw and a circular saw and four – count ‘em, four – chain saws. We have a Sawzall, a tool with a name that we’ve discovered is not [...]
It seems to be customary across cultures to plant a tree in honor of the birth of a baby. And it makes sense – a new life for a new life. Well, yesterday was our wedding anniversary, and we cut one down. It’s not like we sat down and decided that this would be a [...]
Anyone for a wager? I’m willing to bet that Anthony Hopkins’ house in Legends of the Fall is an anachronism. There’s no way that house existed at the time the movie takes place. I’m sure you saw the film – everyone did. It’s the one where Brad Pitt is one of three sons of an [...]
Wandering down the lumber aisle of the Home Depot, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that everything there was once a living, growing thing. By the time it’s milled, processed, and cut, it bears little resemblance to the tree whence it came. I’m not particularly sentimental about trees. They shade our vegetable garden, cover [...]
Normally, I am suspicious of any enterprise whose first step is cutting down a tree. Once you break out the chainsaw, it can only mean hard work, heavy lifting, and defoliation. Defoliation, for you day-spa aficionados, is very different from exfoliation. Exfoliation removes undesirable dead skin, and I am generally in favor of it. Defoliation [...]
One of the things you learn when you leave New York is that heat doesn’t just happen. Before we moved to the Cape, the closest I got to my heat source was passing the building’s boiler room on my way to do the laundry. In the winter, our apartment was almost always too hot. Even [...]
Tamar Haspel has been writing about food and health for over a decade. She recently moved from Manhattan to Cape Cod. She’s adjusting well. [Read More …]
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