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Many towns designate certain days for curbside cleanup (aka bulk trash pickup), when residents can rid themselves of heavy, awkward, or unwieldy items. Here’s what to know before you part...
American pet owners spent over $103 billion on their animal family members in 2020, and our furry companions have enjoyed more attention than perhaps ever before in the two years since th...
Show us a person with a pet—a freewheeling, fun-loving ferret, an adorable corgi, or a cuddly “chonker” of a cat—and we’ll show you someone who lives in a smelly home. As much as we treas...
Keep the Whole Family SafeThis is a pretty good time to be a pet—or a human who’s invested in the pet industry. These halcyon days for your hound or hamster are among the few silver linin...
Sometimes you have to fake it 'til you make it. Other times, you might not even care about making it—you’re perfectly OK with faking it forever. If that’s how you feel about having a clea...
Q: On a recent road trip to see New England’s glorious fall foliage, my wife and I noticed a number of farmhouses with funny, full-size windows tilted at a 45-degree angle. What are they,...
It’s dark down there. It feels damp down there. There’s a unique odor—moldy, musty, fusty, fetid, putrid—that smells like something died down there. Cobwebs? Galore. Spine-tingling, shive...
Whether you’re serving up a traditional turkey-and-all-the-trimmings meal that resembles Norman Rockwell meets Instagram or you’re celebrating the harvest with a showstopping vegan feast,...
Q. I’ve just spent the weekend at my aunt and uncle’s house and noticed that they store all of their drinking glassware—coffee mugs, water glasses, wineglasses, and everything—upside down...
By definition, most estate sales are conducted after a death as a way of liquidating the decedent’s personal property and household goods. They’re also held by individuals or couples who ...
