WOODWORKING
Porkpie hats, white bucks: Thank God I’m a country boy
Earlier this month I wrote about the return of “The Waltons” to TV and how I can’t get enough of the show.January 27, 2011
Wood Working: These days I hash over my tuberous dilemma
My question for the 21st century is this: What happened to hashed brown potatoes?By Dave Wood, columnist , October 02, 2009
Woodworking: Southern comfort, Charleston style
Author Thomas Wolfe wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again.”By Dave Wood, columnist , July 31, 2009
Woodworking: Damn the critics, this music is pertinent to me
Damn the critics, this music is pertinent to me My friends Phil Schrader, Robert Evans and Roger Budde came to visit me last month.By Dave Wood, columnist , July 24, 2009
Woodworking: Listening to where others have been pays off handsomely
If you’re a traveler, it’s always good to send out an advance man to scope out places and tell you where to go and what to avoid.By Dave Wood, columnist , July 10, 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
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
Woodworking: There’s history found everywhere… even in hometowns!
SPRING 1945: That was the time I moved in with my grandma and grandpa on the west side of Whitehall. It was quite an experience for a kid from the farm.By Dave Wood, Columnist , November 14, 2008
Woodworking: Ask the chickens: Did success elude Grandpa, or did he elude success?
When I was a graduate student, one of my cruel professors required that we all read Max Weber’s “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” a tedious tome that attempted to explain how Protestantism fed the engine of capitalism (and conversely why Roman Catholic countries cared less about external appearances).By Dave Wood, columnist , October 17, 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
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: 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
Woodworking: That ‘75 Gurney’s has me raring to rototill
The next best thing to reading last year’s “Monkey” Ward catalog in an outdoor privy around mid-July is to ponder the magical pages of Gurney’s latest seed catalog on a wintry evening on Walnut Street.May 02, 2008
Woodworking: Aging process affects memory, taste buds
Often we get downright sentimental about the past — how much better things used to be than they are now.By Dave Wood, columnist , April 04, 2008
Woodworking: My family tree and politics: The good, the bad and the bonding
When oh when will all this election stuff end? I’m really tired of all the charges and countercharges. I’m even sick of Bill Maher and John Stewart, the comic commentators even though they’re both smarter than anyone running.By Dave Wood, columnist , March 27, 2008
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