Sideboards in Commander: The Rules Question
The reputation goes like this: Commander doesn’t have sideboards, full stop, end of conversation, don’t even bring it up unless you want someone at the table to explain the Comprehensive…
Fire Pits on the Beach: Sand Is Not a Free Pass
I was standing on a beach in South County a few Octobers back, at the point in the evening where the sky goes that particular shade of purple that makes…
Concrete Under a Fire Pit: The Marks It Leaves
I have scorched concrete under my patio table right now. Actual permanent black moon shaped shadow, about eighteen inches across, exactly where the base of my fire pit sat for…
Fire Pits in a Neighborhood: The Rules Nobody Reads
My neighbor Dale texted me a photo of my own backyard, taken from his kitchen window, no caption, just the picture, at 9:47 on a Tuesday night. Smoke was drifting…
Gazebo Fire Pit Debate: Does a Roof Change Everything?
My friend Dana sent me a photo at eleven at night of her brand new ten by twelve gazebo with a fire pit table already glowing away underneath it, captioned…
Chimineas on a Deck: Put Something Fireproof Under It
I logged it, obviously, because that is the kind of person I am: fourteen googles for “can you put a chiminea on a deck” between September and January, four of…
A Bed Without a Headboard: Bare but Fine?
I own four headboards right now, and not one of them is attached to a bed. There’s an iron one, curled at the top like a fern about to unfurl,…
The Ordinary Light Switch in a Bathroom
I counted the other day, mostly out of boredom and partly because my nephew asked why I had a drawer specifically for old switch plates, and the number came to…
Sick Day in Bed: Rest or Restless?
I always figured the internet’s advice on being sick was pretty simple. Lie down. Don’t move. Sleep it off like you’re serving a sentence. Google it and you get the…
Sandstone Fire Pits: Pretty and Layered
I built my first fire pit out of raw sandstone slabs I bought from a landscape yard on the east side of Indianapolis, and I want to be upfront that…