Folk Art Community comes together to keep family in fire-damaged house BOLTON — On a pine deacon’s bench in Paige Massey’s gleaming kitchen sits a folk art pillow that reads: “I believe there are angels among us.” The quote was never truer for the Massey clan than this year as they celebrated the holidays in [...]

Bunny Rabbit Wessler: Gonzaga exposes Illini soft spot in the middle At least now we know why Bradley beat Illinois. The No-Fighting Illini are as soft as the Braves.   Five weeks after getting swept out of Las Vegas by Utah and Bradley, Illinois continues to struggle when the game gets ugly. In a beauty [...]

Microwave White White rice in the microwave? What’s the best way to cook white rice in the microwave? Also, if you’re going to add canned tomatoes…do you reduce the amount of other liquid? Evertime I cook it on the stove top, it turns out too mushy or sticks. Thank you very much. Put the rice [...]

Travel Coffee Mug A Selection of 2009 Collaboration Posts Here’s a selection of links to posts I’ve written in 2009 which I feel are worth rereading… Extraordinary Collaboration Delusions and the Madness of Crowds …Comparing the ‘Idiocy of Crowds’ and groupthink to the South Sea Bubble & Madoff financial speculation disasters. Collaboration isn’t automatically the… [...]

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Slap Chop ENT: It’s new year – pass the fruitcake – humour by Heather McCabe Happy New Year! Right, let’s get down to business. Who has actually used their Slap Chop since receiving it last week for Christmas? I am very curious to know, so if you would like to e-mail me and tell me, [...]

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Oneida Satin Why are the salad forks shaped like this? I recently purchased Oneida Satin Sand Dune flatware set. The left prong tip of the salad forks is an unpleasand surprise for me. At first I thought it was a defect before I found this picture. http://www.imperialhalfbushel.com/1353-15.jpg Mine is not as smooth or nice looking, [...]

Glass Serving Fending the flock: Parish Nurses The children in her Salina preschool had just decorated Christmas cookies, and Marilyn Ericson went to get a beautiful plate to display them on. But as she carried the plate Dec. 17, she tripped and dropped it. She fell on the shards of glass, cutting and bruising her [...]

Decoration Image Gifts from above: The Lake Elmo Inn’s tradition of exchanging a drink for an ornament The Lake Elmo Inn’s Christmas trees begin every year naked. The lonely twinkle lights that adorn their bare branches do little to help them stand out against the holiday decorations that will embellish the remainder of the restaurant [...]