The adze is among the very oldest of stone-age tools. It was invented about the first time someone tied a rock to a stick, which…
Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We insist that tomatoes are a fruit, but nobody ever puts one in a…
The illustration above is from a 1949 Studebaker advertisement… that Never-never Land where everyone drove a Studebaker. ~~~~~~~~ I grew up on a cattle ranch…
I guess that, like most people, I enjoy patting myself on the back every now and then, or maybe more often than that. Also…
In 2007, Americans spent five times as much on prescription drugs as they did just six years earlier. In 2002, Consumer Reports found that 65…
The other day I was driving along one of those little two-lane black-tops that snake through the Ozarks. I take these routes whenever I have…
Perhaps you’re wondering what sort of character would write a book review about an owner’s manual. Well, I have to admit that I don’t…
It’s certainly no secret that farm work frequently requires some heavy lifting, but what if you’re not too good at muscle-intensive manual labor? Well,…
I walked outside this morning to find my front-yard filled with purple crocus flourishing in this balmy 60-degree version of February. This inspired me to…