DAVE WOOD
Book Report: Big heart for a big ‘horse’ of a guy
I was in high school when Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche was making big news on Big Ten gridirons.
August 09, 2012
Woodworking: It’s just possible to not only cook it right, but also cook to perfection
It’s barbecuing time in Badgerland, and I’ve recently had luck with recipes from various sources that I‘ll share with you.
By Dave Wood, columnist , June 21, 2012
Woodworking: We’re a wise, elderly group that sips coffee while analyzing public relations and the omens of melancholia
Our morning coffee group, once called the Sages, waxes and wanes with the seasons.
By Dave Wood, columnist , June 07, 2012
Book Report: Lyrical words tell the tale
Gary Boelhower, a St. Scholastica theology professor, writes on a variety of topics, his first wife, his daughter’s wedding, his gayness, his grandmother “ground down by the hard soil of two failed farms.”
May 31, 2012
Woodworking: Pass the sausage: They sure fit in better than anyone could have imagined
When the Amish people began moving into the Whitehall area half a century ago, I often wondered how they would adjust to a neighborhood full of Norwegian- and Polish-Americans.
By Dave Wood, columnist , May 11, 2012
Woodworking: Gone but not forgotten; the memory lives on
A Journal reader named Art Dolan phoned the other day and had a message for all of us, said I should remind other Journal readers, too, so here goes.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 15, 2012
Part III: Travels in the Baltic: Memorable voyage abroad makes it hard to bid ‘sudie’
After almost two weeks in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and after hearing of the atrocities wreaked on them by their neighbor Germany, I must admit I wasn’t overly enthusiastic about the three days SmarTours had scheduled for us in Berlin.
By Dave Wood, columnist , October 20, 2011
Wood Working: Were we, opera lovers, divinely drenched while U-2 fans took sprinkles?
“God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform,” or something like that.
By Dave Wood, columnist , August 26, 2011
Book Report: Young adult novels good for a change
In 2003, I had the privilege to speak at a very fine writers’ conference in Eau Claire.
By Dave Wood, columnist , August 12, 2011
Wood Working: Never judge a ‘ditch’ by another’s perspective
In 1946, my uncle Leonard Johnson and aunt Doree celebrated his return from earning two purple hearts in France and Germany by purchasing a shiny new 1946 Ford and heading from Black River Falls to see the Grand Canyon.
By Dave Wood, columnist , August 04, 2011
Book Report: This week there’s a moonshine mess, a terrier’s tale
Up in Stearns County they still talk about a moonshine operation called, I believe, “Minnesota 101,” which made hooch so good that it continued in operation years after Prohibition was repealed.
By Dave Wood, columnist , June 29, 2011
Book Report: Author’s work serves as Holocaust reminder
Forty years ago, my wife and I and toured the concentration camp at Dachau, just outside Augsburg, Germany.
By Dave Wood, columnist , March 03, 2011
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