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Showing your house at night… turn on the lights!

Yesterday was what I think of as 'switch day'… the day we turn off daylight savings time and the light switch turns off right after work. That means that if...
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Art Attack at Northrup King

Today is the last day for the fall Art Attack at the Northrup King building in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. We went with our grandkids yesterday and they had...
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Want Your Thanksgiving Guests to Think You Are a Gourmet Chef?

Well you can with this recipe. Plus it is SOOOOO good. If you are a guest at someone's home for Thanksgiving offer to bring something and bring this. It will be...
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Your home and community as healing places

I immediately resonated with one of Krista Tippett's latest podcasts on "The Science of Healing Places" with Esther Sternberg. She is working in the field of scientifically documenting how certain...
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Fed meets this week….

The Federal Open Market Committee met this week.  On Wednesday, the Fed decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged – which was expected.   They also said that they were...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Sweet and Sour Beef Stew

  "Creativity is contagious, pass it on." ~ Albert Einstein    NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It's my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our...
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Animals, Skeletons, and Creepy Stuff Encountered During Home Inspections

If you've been following our Facebook Page every day for the past four and a half years, you've already seen most of these photos. Halloween seems like a good time...
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Universal Design Basics… good design for all, including aging in place

Many people think of universal design as design for aging in place. It is that… but also much more than that. Universal design is good design for all ages and...
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Nearly 100 years later, St. Paul Cathedral’s pipe organs finally at full voice

The year 1906 was a big year for architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray (1861-1917), when work was begun both on the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis and the Cathedral of...
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Go Slow to Go Faster

    I remember a contractor friend of mine in Oregon, Paul Winans, once told me, “You have to go slow to go faster.” I was much younger then, so...
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