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Fabric sheets make your shirts smell fresh and clean, and air fresheners fill your home with fragrances of apple-cinnamon or country gardens. But those household items are potentially exposing your family and friends to dangerous chemicals.

A reader writes: "I'm about to turn 30, I see a doctor regularly and I am, in her words, "in excellent health." However, I have gained 15 pounds in the past three years. My parents, especially my mom, are constantly gibing me about my weight. What can I do to make this stop?"

At Camlann Medieval Village, near Carnation, visitors can experience a representation of what life might have been like for peasants in England in the 14th century.

Two decades later, "Heathers" is so on the money, with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings, that it could never be made today.

Two decades later, "Heathers" is so on the money, with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings, that it could never be made today.

Two decades later, "Heathers" is so on the money, with its vague but unmistakable parallels to several school shootings, that it could never be made today.

Garden expert Marianne Binetti answers your garden questions, starting with a question about how to keep Lavatera, or mallow shrub, blooming and living longer.

Master Gardener Ciscoe Morris offers his weekly "to do" list, starting with suggestions for pruning hardy geraniums and clematis.

Garden expert Ann Lovejoy offers tips for helping some crops of edibles that may have suffered during our cool start to summer.

Master Gardener Marty Wingate offers her "confessions of a criminal gardener" -- how she got a warning from the city demanding that she cut back law-breaking plants that were invading public right of -way on the sidewalk and alley.