Merry Christmas, One and All!
Join Country Living at the first annual Country Living Fair Oct. 6-9, 2006, at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, IL. The fair will include artisans and antiques dealers from around the country, "how-to" seminars and demonstrations, and fun, imaginative children's activities. more
Make your Thanksgiving table really special this year with handcrafted menus, place cards, and favors you make yourself from our exclusive kit more
Keep the home fires burning with a safe fireplace and a handsome mantel more
Maybe it s time for Rochelle s exploding dulcimer story. . . . . Well it s yours for the asking! (says Rochelle, peeking her head out of the cheese veil of Wisconsin....!) Years ago, may have been 94 or 95, I went to Evart, took a friend of mine from Port Huron for the first time--Susan, who ha more
Oh, you gotta love life here in Wisconsin. Recently I was hired to play my hammered dulcimer in a church for their Nativity Play. It s in a small town about ten miles from here. Today was the big day, and I was nervous as all get-out. I love to play my dulcimer; but Christmas music isn t someth more
Happened upon some tidbits, thought you might get a kick out of these.... Here are some facts about the1500s: It s how we got some of the sayings and traditions we use today! Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. Ho more