ESCANABA — Most of Dad’s tools are still in their designated spot in his basement workshop. My dad passed away in 2020. I still can go back to my parents’ house any day or night and walk into the basement in the dark and find a hammer, hacksaw or screwdriver hanging right where it’s ...

When it's time to think about a special Father's Day meal, my mind immediately goes to ribs. My late father, Peter Workman, loved ribs more than anyone I've ever known. If given a choice between a Michelin-starred restaurant and a pile of sticky, saucy ribs, the man would have picked ribs every ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I have two kids under 5, and we both work full-time. As you can imagine, our lives are pretty hectic. My mother-in-law lives about 30 minutes away and expects us to visit her almost every weekend. If we don't, she lays on the guilt pretty thick — talking about how ...

Father's Day all-you-can-eat breakfast GLADSTONE — Dad eats free at the American Legion Post 71's Father's Day all-you-can-eat breakfast. The mean will be the last breakfast of the summer and will run from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 15. Children age five and under eat free. The post ...

Dear Heloise: You published a letter from John M., aka Uncle Johnny, who asked: "Why do food companies make it so hard to take the seal off of food jars?" Obviously he doesn't remember back in 1982 when seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting capsules laced with cyanide. This ...