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Christmas is Not an Emergency
"Christmas is not an Emergency" is one of the quotes from Dave Ramsey about the importance of having and using an emergency fund. If you have money saved in an emergency fund, it should be saved for ...
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:02 PM
Senate Bill 2326...don't drink the Kool-Aid!
It is a good thing I don't live in Bismarck. Heaven only knows how much time I would spend at the Capitol frothing at the mouth while trying to convey to legislators the idiocy of some of the things t...
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:22 PM
Photo of incoming space rock 2012 DA14; check out a cool asteroid widget
Congratulations to amateur astronomer Dave Herald of Murrumbateman, Australia! He snapped one of the first images of incoming asteroid 2012 DA14 this morning as it passed through the halo of the ric...
Posted on 2/13/13 at 10:56 AM
Wood Working: Just where in the fridge can a frikadellar manage to hide?
Last year we bought ourselves a fancy refrigerator, thinking it would solve all of our kitchen and culinary problems.By Dave Wood, columnist , August 15, 2008
Woodworking: River Falls Days: Those old cars had me tooling down Memory Lane
Another River Falls Days has come and gone. What I like about the celebration is the spectacle. That’s what celebrations are all about.By Dave Wood, columnist , August 08, 2008
Woodworking: Those old folks didn’t call me ‘Deacon’ for nothing
I’ve written before about nicknames. It makes for a good read in a town like River Falls, where half the townspeople have nicknames, some of them outrageous.By Dave Wood, columnist , August 01, 2008
Former Falcons picked for Hall of Fame
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2008 will have a western Wisconsin flavor.By Dave Newman, Staff Correspondent , July 17, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 16, 2008
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.By Dave Wood , July 16, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 9, 2008
On a recent trip to Great Britain my wife and I were pointedly reminded that the United States is running out of independent bookstores.By Dave Wood , July 09, 2008
Woodworking: Scottish sentiment, battle losses mirror feelings here at home
On a recent trip to the British Isles, everyone was buzzing about the war in Iraq, the anti-terrorist campaign in Afghanistan, the upcoming presidential elections in the United States and whether Prime Minister Gordon Brown would accede to President Bush’s request to keep British forces in the Mideast.By Dave Wood, columnist , July 03, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, July 2, 2008
St. Paul poet Margaret Hasse is out with her third book, “Milk and Tides,” (Nodin Press, $16). Hasse writes about motherhood, aging, her childhood memories of South Dakota.By Dave Wood , July 02, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, June 25, 2008
Heading for the lake? There’s all manner of new books to take along for the rainy day.By Dave Wood’s Book Report , June 25, 2008
Woodworking: Say cheese: I’ll give you a mouthful
We were talking about funny titles the other day. I brought up one of my favorites from years ago when Dudley Riggs’ Brave New Workshop was going full swing.By Dave Wood, columnist , June 13, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, June 11, 2008
I’ve read quite a few books in my day, but it always amazes me when I read yet another and I realize I’ve most certainly not read enough. Once again this became apparent when I recently read “Magnifico,” by Miles J. Unger (Simon & Schuster, $32).By Dave Wood , June 11, 2008
Dave Wood’s Book Report, June 4, 2008
Authors who take apart a region or a community have always been dear to my heart.By Dave Wood , June 04, 2008
Woodworking: Greenwood Cemetery: The perfect spot for Uncle Jim’s legacy
Whenever Memorial Day rolls around, I get lonesome for my hometown. Every Wisconsin town seemingly has a big celebration.By Dave Wood, columnist , May 23, 2008
Woodworking: It was the best of cities; it was the worst of cities
When I told UW-RF Professor Emeritus Don Berg that Ruth and I were planning a trip to Mexico City, Don got excited.By Dave Wood, columnist , May 15, 2008
Woodworking: Bring them on, and don’t hold back the pigs!
Ruth and I spent our 38th wedding anniversary in Mexico City this year. That was not my idea. I would have preferred a few quiet days in Beldenville or Hager City, but Ruth pointed out those towns’ lack of hostelries.By Dave Wood, columnist , May 09, 2008
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