When people hear the word “treasure” they no doubt conjure up mental images of gold and jewels. In the real world, I have never seen that kind of treasure, it […]

My family always kept chickens in the backyard. Just a dozen birds or so, enough to supply us with eggs and keep the yard looking well groomed. Eventually I decided […]

The house was a fixer-upper, and we knew that going in. Jessie and I had been yearning for a house of our own, so we could stop renting a tiny […]

Anyone who has cable television, has probably watched Forged in Fire, or at least heard about it. People use rebar, stainless steel wire coils, and any other type of metal […]

I have heard women referred to as brick houses. When I was in my forties, I often got that distinctive nickname, but not any more. Now, I would need a […]

My husband thought I was looking for a new career this week. I was asking him a lot of questions about ironworker wire, form wire, and tie wire coils. When […]

It amazes me how something that is used to build ocean-going vehicles, can also be used in medical equipment. The internet offers of information that I wouldn’t have found in […]

For my son’s fortieth birthday, the entire family is going away for a three-night stay in upstate NY. My son has always wanted to go salmon fishing, and this was […]