Ordinary cooking oil or shortening may be used to remove road tar from your car. Rub it on briskly with a clean cloth, let it stand for a second or so, and then rub off.
Does anyone else feel like everything starts to kind of wake up in March? It is starting to stay light longer, the sun feels stronger, and there’s a sense of hope and awakening. It is, …
This happened in western Montana. Don and I spent the better part of February out there visiting family, something that was long overdue. The views were glorious in the Bitterroot Valley, made more …
To make threading a needle easier, apply a small amount of hairspray to your fingertips and apply to the thread.
I might have made a tiny mischaracterization of myself a few weeks ago. I told everyone reading this column that I am not good with sticking to things — specifically as it relates to New …
The best thing I heard all week was Friday on the CBS Evening News. I often give them grief, so it’s only right to share this wonderful story. It’s about a boy and his birthday, through …
Milton Friedman was an economist in the last half of the 20th century and, for his work, became the recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is famous for his four ways of …
Last week, I finished editing the first draft of my latest manuscript, a sequel to my debut novel that is being re-released in a few months. First drafts are funny things. Whenever a writer …
To keep recipe cards clean and spot-free, place them in a plastic sandwich bag when using.
It happened twice over the holidays. The first occurred in Maple Grove, where we joined family members from the Twin Cities metro area for lunch. There were six of us gathered around a table in a …
Why am I doing this? Let’s turn around. These roads are horrible. I was plagued by these thoughts on a drive to Mequon, Wisconsin, with my son over the weekend. The trip was going to …
Flowers will last for a much longer time period if you cut the stem at an angle with a very sharp knife. This increases the surface area through which the flower can absorb water.