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3 components to a perfect looking deck! Inspect, Clean & Stain!
With year round exposure to sun, rain and lets not forget that four letter word that plagued us for the last seven months.snow, in our neck of the woods it takes a toll on your wood deck. Anyone who...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:48 AM
My Entryway/Gallery Wall
The best way to plan out a gallery wall (or any set of photos and artwork) is to "fake" your layout with paper. After collecting all of my items and putting my photos in their frames, I traced their s...
Posted on 1/5/12 at 9:45 AM
DIY Wood Studio
If you want to learn about woodworking or have experience but do not have the tools or space to do it, there is a new business for you. The DIY Wood Studio has recently opened at 3231 4th Ave S, Stud...
Posted on 12/30/11 at 8:17 AM
Don't mess with North Dakota!
There are some things that I just love about North Dakota. North Dakotans tend to have a no nonsense approach to life. There isn't a lot of hemming and hawing or pissing and moaning - if something nee...
Posted on 5/19/11 at 11:10 PM
Wood Working: Seeds or skins? Just part of the Great Potato Debate
In these parlous times, it’s a great day when matters of a financial nature go your way.By Dave Wood, columnist , May 29, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 29, 2009
A wag of my acquaintance once said that word processors are ruining the art of biography. He explained that it’s so easy to type on them (no carriage return, no worries of hyphenation, etc.), that “if Moses had one, there’d be 17 commandments rather than 10.”By Dave Wood , April 29, 2009
Wood Working: Seatless in Ixtapa: Hey, you can go home again
About 30 years ago, Ruth and I made our first trip to Mexico. We bought a package from Sun Country Tours and took off for Mexico’s newest resort location, Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa.By Dave Wood, columnist , April 24, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 22, 2009
As I’ve mentioned before, I love to read books that embrace a specific locale. In fact I got started reading when I was in high school and someone told me about Sinclair Lewis, a writer who grew up in a small town, like me. I gobbled up “Main Street” because it smelled like home.By Dave Wood , April 22, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, April 15, 2009
‘They roused him with muffins -- they roused him with ice -- They roused him with mustard and cress -- They roused him with jam and judicious advice -- They set him conundrums to guess.By Dave Wood , April 15, 2009
Wood Working: Much is revealed reading between the lines of history
Last week I wrote about Jim Farmer loaning me his father’s copy of “A History of Northern Wisconsin,” published in 1881.By Dave Wood, columnist , April 10, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, April 8, 2009
After graduating from Harvard, Sara Houghteling studied for her master’s degree in fine arts at the University of Michigan, where she received a Fulbright Scholarship to Paris and one of Michigan’s highest honors, the Avery Hopwood Award for novels.By Dave Wood , April 08, 2009
Wood Working: Friends’ good wishes tickle my funny bone
I have a friend who goes through a routine every time he and his wife are out shopping.By Dave Wood, columnist , March 20, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 18, 2009
Baseball is getting underway, so for a behind-the-scenes look could I suggest “Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training,” by Charles Fountain (Oxford University Press, $24.95)?By Dave Wood , March 18, 2009
Woodworking: Finding the hook that keeps them reading all about it
With long-established newspapers folding (Capitol Times in Madison) or going into chapter 13 (Star Tribune in Minneapolis), there’s lots of talk about how to save the institution that has been so important to the fostering of democracy in these United States.By Dave Wood, columnist , March 06, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, March 4, 2009
Award-winning Minnesota poet Larry Schug just sent me his new book, a gem called “Arrogant Bones,”(North Star Press, $12.95).By Dave Wood , March 04, 2009
Woodworking: What’s this? My memories all go way, way back
One of the jokes about my Grandpa Wood was that he could recall with precision what happened to him 50 years ago, but was stumped if you asked what he had done yesterday.By Dave Wood, columnist , February 26, 2009
Dave Wood's Book Report, Feb. 25, 2009
“Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington,” by Robert J. Norell (Harvard University Press, $35) is a fine new look at a historical figure who has suffered a bad rap for too long.By Dave Wood , February 25, 2009
False alarms cost same as real ones
By Debbie Griffin , February 13, 2009
Dave Wood’s Book Report, Feb. 11, 2009
I'm proud and happy to work for newspaper organizations who still believe it's important to publish news about books and the folks who write them.By Dave Wood , February 11, 2009
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