Q–In May, I bought a 90-year-old frame bungalow home “as is.” I was prepared to make the necessary improvements, one of which is to replace the furnace. The existing furnace was coal-burning before it ...

The heat index hit 101 degrees in Gettysburg on the first day of the 11th Annual Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival. It felt much hotter under the long-sleeve wool shirt and pants ...

In preparation for writing this article, I bundle up in wool socks, fleece pants, a thermal-underwear top, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a wool sweater. I would put on gloves, but then I couldn’t type.