Category Archives: Life

Potato curls and other good stuff

Posted on March 20, 2014 by

This morning I’m looking at my list of blog subjects for something that strikes my fancy on this gloomy day, and find this one—how to peel a potato in one long curl. Don’t laugh. I put this in my book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Mansion yachts: big boy’s toys

Posted on October 24, 2013 by

BOYS WILL HAVE their toys, and the boys of the Gilded Age were no different. Only, their toys were behemoths, and cost a small fortune. The captains of America’s Industrial Age poured as much money into their toys as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments