Wednesday, December 4, 2013
The Colonial Homestead, Millersburg, Ohio (and other shops in Amish Country)
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Over the past year , an ambitious young Amish woodworker (and tool collector) named Dan Raber has stripped a nondescript storefront in...
Friday, September 6, 2013
On Why to Make Handcrafted Toys
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"At a party filled with the denizens of the mainstream of Human Progress, I was once introduced to the smiling ensemble with a good dea...
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Grandma's Hearthstone, by John Haberle (1890)
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The kids and I stared at this giant painting (it's 96 by 66 inches) for about ten minutes the other day (you can click on the abo...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
My favorite dads from anti-suffrage cartoons and postcards, i.e. I AM YOUR TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NIGHTMARE
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As a man who has been the primary caregiver to my children for over six years (I don't like to say stay-at-home dad, but, well: yeah), ...
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