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Paul Cummins
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Shades can make or break a room and your patience!
Most folks just keep their shades closed because they are so awkward: resulting in no daylight in the room. Any feature with cords to...
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Paul Cummins
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Seagrass Rugs: Fragrant, Durable, Pet Friendly and Inexpensive
Here's a pic from our living room. Can't beat this rug, Ha! Rarely needs vacuuming. Pet spills cleanup with spray cleaner and a wet...
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Paul Cummins
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Everyone Wants a Gas Stove, but...
This article from WP suggests gas stoves are causing asthma, maybe up to 650,000 cases so far. Combustion products from gas stoves...
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Paul Cummins
- Jan 7
- 1 min
After Christmas: What about all the Cords!
These cable cuffs come in different sizes. Click on image for link.
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Paul Cummins
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Attic Selfie: Watch that bald head!
Trying to get camera to go in the other direction. Paint spots on glasses from current basement painting project. Here's one from an...
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Paul Cummins
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Great idea for older houses that need a little more sunshine!
Here's my feet in what I call our Breezeway. Double carport I decked and screened in. We spend most of our time out here for three...
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Paul Cummins
- Nov 21, 2022
- 14 min
An ecumenical story that hopefully warms your soul by reflecting more on the first Christmas.
The Christmas Cardinal by Paul Cummins It happened every year. There were too many of them, it was inevitable. It was like the mystery...
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Paul Cummins
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
Resilience and Beauty during rough times...
Pinkweed thriving in a sidewalk crack with winter soon upon it!
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Paul Cummins
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
If termites have enough time and water...
Unbelievable. It takes 60,000 termites 6 months to eat a 12 inch 2x4. Here is 15 years of neglect.
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Paul Cummins
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Weep Hole in Sump Discharge Can Make a Mess, Unless...
You add a diverter as in this video. The weep hole prevents air gaps between the pump and check valve, which may render the pump...
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Paul Cummins
- Sep 18, 2022
- 1 min
Wood windows in showers don't hold up well. Check out this beautiful option!
Click on image for link.
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Paul Cummins
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Stains in stone counters: use a poultice!
My favorite example of a poultice was when doctors during the Civil War would put maggots in a little cup and wrap it around a wound to...
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Paul Cummins
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Odd Pest: Fungus Gnats!
They can be amazingly prolific with a little damp soil: in this case, along the basement walls with a gap in the flooring. They pose no...
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Paul Cummins
- Aug 17, 2022
- 1 min
Concrete "Printed" House: Half the Cost!
These definitely have a different look, yet they couldn't be stronger. No wood framing to rot; no broken or melted vinyl siding; no water...
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Paul Cummins
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
How hot is it?
It's so hot the greenhouse effect on the door knocker burnt my hand! Thank God for air conditioning. Hope you all stay safe and...
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Paul Cummins
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
Staycation: Carport to Comfort
Cars don't need a room of their own. It doesn't even snow anymore in the DMV. I put wood 2 by 10's down for a deck and screened this in...
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Paul Cummins
- May 16, 2022
- 1 min
Wisdom from the Teacher's Chair: The Secret to Happiness and other matters.
Florence of Florence and the Machine recently wrote a song with the lyrics: "Whatever you do best hurts the most!" Telling for these...
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