By John Matonich I have pretty much had pets all my life. We had house dogs when I was growing up, but also raised beagles for rabbit hunting. My mother liked birds too and I remember canaries singing in the house for many years. She also liked fish and the fish tank had quite … [Read more...]

One of the topics of conversation around here connected to this year’s late winter is the concern over garden planting. Most of the green thumbs in this area started a lot of their seeds in anticipation of warmer temps and lots of spring sunshine. Now that Old Man Winter kicked … [Read more...]

By John Matonich I recently finished a pretty big contract here at the wood shop that took about two months to complete. It felt good to get the items built, boxed and to my customer. I was going to take a day to relax a little, but I still have a solid project list and not … [Read more...]

By John Matonich I am not sure if the fact I am getting older has something to do with it, but I find myself reminiscing a lot more than I did when I was younger. I enjoy bringing back warm memories from my youth here in the west of Da U.P. Given it is the Easter season I have … [Read more...]