My basement has turned into an air conditioner museum

I've collected window units of all sizes, new and antique. Some are clean, others have filters loaded with dust mites and black mold spores.

Fuel-saving tips you might have overlooked

Try vacationing at a neighbor's house instead of driving great distances. It saves on gas.

California water shortages to boost some crop prices

With fuel costs also rising, customers are likely to see the price of tomatoes, melons, and lettuce go up.

Graphic novels, all grown up

Art form's influence rises, and broadens. A look at three of the genre's stars.

Six picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Wimbledon's Serb dominance, an armchair scientist's ticket to outer space, Inspector Wexford's renewed sleuthing, and more.

New documentary takes frank look at steroids use in sports

Rather than do the expected and condemn drug use, 'Bigger, Stronger, Faster' questions America's value system.

The other mortgage crisis

A couple of key terms in real estate lending are very easy to confuse.

Over the hedge

Raccoon prints in the wet concrete were the perfect finishing touch to the new apartment's front step.

'What's a slave, Mommy?'

A little boy learns about racism – and responds with love.

Learning from the bees

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

WWOOFing in Normandy

Tending an organic farm is exhausting and exhilarating.

Watch those weeds

The lawn mower as style statement

Can lawn mowers combine style with environmental qualities?

In search of Nepal's living goddesses

A prepubescent deity of Hindu-Buddhist tradition is also a modern child of HBO and Barbie.

Fuel-saving tips you might have overlooked

Try vacationing at a neighbor's house instead of driving great distances. It saves on gas.

My basement has turned into an air conditioner museum

For progress in Zimbabwe

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

Stop that bird

Sowing the seeds of history

Some say my beans are from King Tut’s tomb.

Click here to visit gardens

Four of the best garden blogs