Deep in the forest a man begins crafting a breathtaking bamboo villa by hand shaping every beam and wall from nature itself ...

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Who can forget dreamy summer afternoons climbing out onto a slippery willow limb, or dangling from a rope swing, and yelling COW-A-BUNGA just before plunging into the water? And the plunging! What ...

The dog days of summer are finally behind us, but I’m still burned by the memory of this year’s heat. Summers in Massachusetts are becoming hotter and muggier, to the extent where even the ...