Do It Yourself


DIY – The Glory of the Patio

If you’re considering making your own backyard into an outdoor haven, you’re following time-tested patterns set by hardworking people in every nation. In Texas, we use the Spanish term patio to indicate a simply civilized backyard. Combining definitions from dictionaries like Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Collins, we find a patio to be an open-to-the-sky courtyard […]


DIY – Pickling The Simple Way

Making homemade pickles usually evokes notions of jars of vegetables submerged in boiling water for an exact amount of time, and it seems rather daunting. The good news is that fresh, delicious, crunchy pickles can be made without the boiling water process! The only difference in these pickles (besides the work it takes to […]


DIY – Ready To Ride

Bike Shortages Will Likely Last … Bicycling Booms During Lockdown … Bike Market Skyrockets … these are some of the headlines in bicycle news that have appeared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those of us who have been around for a while know this is not the first time bicycling has been popular. In the […]