Author: kirstymcbain

What scent brings to mind your childhood, your favorite place, your life’s most meaningful moments? Fresh-mown grass, cookies baking, coffee brewing, a particular perfume? Our sense of smell is most closely connected to the hippocampus, one of the brain structures responsible for our memory, according to the website Exploring Your...

There’s never been a time when locally grown food has been trendier. Call it farm-to-table, sustainable or locavore, fresh, organic food grown nearby is having its moment in the sun. If you want to know your farmer personally and harvest produce on-site, here is the perfect opportunity: Get on board...

There are a variety of reasons for continuing to live in a much-loved home. You thought about moving but didn’t want the hassle or the cost. You love your location or that garden you’ve labored for years to make the showpiece it is. Or maybe this is where you raised...

  You’ve fallen in love with that house for sale across town. The open floor plan is a winner; the backyard fits your active family’s needs; the location is absolutely perfect; you don’t even have to paint. You’ve arranged the financing and you’re negotiating a deal, but you have to...