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Brodhead family builds home using innovative straw-clay design
A Madison-based architect, Lou Host-Jablonski, is promoting a building technique that goes back millennia—straw and clay walls. Host-Jablonski once held a 700-year-old straw-clay mixture from a home... Read More
Orfordville man collects and makes fountain pens
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Beauty is everywhere. We can find it in a muffled snow covered woods or in the face of a newborn babe. We can find beauty in a poem or in a painting. There is even beauty in common things such as a ta...
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Brodhead pickles made a difference for American soldiers and local families
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Perhaps you haven’t given pickles much thought except as a tasty addition to your sandwich, but pickles were quite important to our nation and, in particular, to Brodhead during World War II. In fac...
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My Doll Retreat offers people a chance to create their own heirloom
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Did your Mama ever tell you that when you grew up you had to give up your dolls? Well, Mama meant well. She didn’t want you hauling your doll with you forever; but of course, she may not have consid...
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Golf tips for beginners
If you’re new to golfing, as I am, you may have a few questions about the game, like, if golf is supposed to be so fun, why is there so much cussing on the course, and if golf is supposed to be so r... Read More
Coming Home series entertaining, yet thought provoking
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Brenda Anderson’s books in the Coming Home Women’s Fiction series are entertaining, but they make one think about life—how we live it and how we react to it—long after the last page has been r...
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Hamilton tackles real-life issues in Rustic Knoll series
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Award-winning author, Mary Hamilton, tackles real-life issues in her books Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil. In Hear No Evil, Brady’s first time at camp doesn’t start off so we...
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Many girls will relate to Bird Face series
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Cynthia Toney has two great novels for teen girls. In 8 Notes to a Nobody, Toney realistically captures what it feels like to be in junior high, wrestling with discovering who you are and finding wher...
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Kids will love Burton Cole’s books
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Burton Cole’s books, Bash and the Pirate Pig, Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper, and Bash and the Chocolate Milk Cows are favorites at our house. The first time, I read them with my daughters aloud be...
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