Outdoor Fans

The picnic that ended at noon We've all been there. The blanket is spread, the cooler is open, the kids are happy for exactly forty minutes, and th...

The deck that baked like an oven Our back deck faces west, which in summer means it turns into a frying pan from about four in the afternoon until ...

The night the mosquitoes won Last July, my wife and I set dinner on the back patio around seven. By half past eight the air had gone still — that h...