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In the late 19th century, Sheriff Joseph Glidden of DeKalb County, Illinois, patented a laughably simple invention that changed the course of the world. He took a strand of soft [...]

WE ALL KNOW HOW expensive beekeeping can be. After all, most basic extractors begin around the $200 mark and beekeeping hive kits run $350 and up per colony, and that's [...]

MAKING AN INCOME from honeybees is often not why folks get into beekeeping. Most will say they only got into bees because they wanted to help the bees and their [...]

STARTING A NEW HOMESTEAD can be daunting. You begin full of lofty dreams and a 'do it all now' mentality. And while it's great to have those hopes and dreams, [...]

RIGHT AROUND 700. That's how many issues of Guitar Player reside in our archive, from our debut publication to our last. (We tried running the numbers several times, but we'd [...]

ONCE IN A blue moon a player's name becomes synonymous with an instrument for an era, and Jerry Douglas is on that extremely short list. He is to Dobro what [...]

IF YOU WANT to find Diego Garcia these days, head to Marina Del Rey in California and look for the boat studio where he makes his home--and whose name, Panamerica, [...]

'We're well charged-up!' Jimmy Page reports over the phone from New York City. Page has been in New York the previous few days meeting minds and making plans with his [...]

AS THE MODERN-DAY 2020s roll on, so do the inevitable semi-centennial anniversaries. By my math, that means it's time to celebrate some now classic electric guitar moments from 1974. Speaking [...]

ON STAGE AT El Club, a respectably divey club in his hometown of Detroit, for a Cinco de Mayo show in 2022, Wayne Kramer was preparing to play something more [...]

'I have always been fascinated by behavior, and then was gifted a beautiful little boy who had some significant behavior challenges.' Before having a formal diagnosis, Jessica1 suspected her son [...]

MY WIFE ELAINE AND I strive to eat organic and wild foods as much as possible, which is why I try to harvest 10 deer annually in Virginia and West [...]

GRETCHEN FREDERICK was prepared to sell off their Virginia wool business, piece by piece. If she could find a buyer, that could be her exit to retirement. After years of [...]

MY HUBS AND I HAVE A 20-ACRE property in Northwest Montana on a mountainside oriented to the southwest, with an elevation of 4,000 feet. Our nearest neighbor is a half [...]

'FOR 40 YEARS, fans-and especially a lot of musicians--have told me that this era of the band was a watermark,' Adrian Belew says, discussing the version of King Crimson that [...]

DAVID LINDLEY WAS the epitome of a musician's musician, not only for his comprehensive skills but also for his infectious personality. Lindley was best known as the ultimate sidekick, with [...]

Luther Dickinson has made a career of taking musical left turns without ending up where he began, spiraling up toward new horizons instead of turning back onto worn paths, as [...]

IN HIS BOOK, Outliers: The Story of Success, author Malcolm Gladwell asserts that at least 10,000 hours of practice are required to excel at any given skill. If that's indeed [...]

PROLIFIC IS NOT the word we use to describe David Gilmour, at least not when it comes to putting out music. His new album, Luck and Strange (Sony), comes nearly [...]

IF YOU'RE A regular at Guided by Voices shows--and most of the band's rabid fans have seen the group dozens, if not hundreds, of times--you'll know what to expect when [...]

The federal special education law called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides parents with specific dispute resolution protections. However, navigating the dispute resolution processes outlined in the IDEA can be difficult for families, resulting in significant costs of money and relationships with school personnel. This article provides an overview of the dispute resolution options and draws on existing research to provide recommendations for how families can more effectively navigate this system., As schools and families work together to create special education plans and services that best serves the child, what seemed right a few months ago may no longer fit. Sometimes, [...]

Saucy Spider with 'Hairy' Legs ACTIVE 40 MIN. * TOTAL 1 HR. 30 MIN. * SERVES 12 2 1-lb balls pizza dough (thawed if frozen) 1 large egg, beaten 1 [...]

FRESH PICK Don't let apple cider get all the glory! Pear nectar is also festive and plays well with spiced rum and TURKEY TWIRL-UP Blanket your bird with slices of [...]

consistency is key Through 18 years' worth of family dinners, Jenny has learned that the most important thing is simply that they happen. The food is secondary! Shortcut Minestrone ACTIVE [...]

WITCHY WELCOME Bewitching extras like decorative potion bottles and a floating broom chandelier add a supernatural element to your dining table. To make the chandelier, fill mason jars with black [...]

MONSTER MASH For pumpkins with stitches, draw eyes, mouth, and scar on each pumpkin with a marker. Following scar line, cut pumpkin in half. Insert toothpick halves into bottom part [...]

Home of the brove * OCTOBER 13 Navy Birthday *OCTOBER 26 National Day of the Deployed * NOVEMBER 10 Marine Corps Birthday * NOVEMBER 11 Veterans Day Air of mystery [...]

It's hard not to be impressed with 38-year-old Chris Ringot. The Missouri resident, who has Down syndrome, has been competing in Special Olympics games since he was 10. He's tried [...]

Jeff Rickel was diagnosed with autism and ADHD later in life. He is navigating these challenges while caring for his 28-year-old son Jonathan, who has co-occurring autism and Down syndrome. [...]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE things to do is wildcraft my medicinal herbs. I use them in various ways, including tinctures, salves, teas, poultices, syrups, and gummies. Wildcrafting is the practice [...]

A STRANGE SIDE EFFECT COMES FROM BROWSING homesteading blogs, websites, and magazines. Between the glossy photographs of lush gardens, unblemished baskets of produce, happy, healthy animals, and smiling profile pictures, [...]

ONE OF THE THINGS I ENJOY THE MOST about beekeeping is the sheer knowledge that no single technique or theory regarding beekeeping is the absolute only answer. Instead, beekeepers are [...]

Would you like to start your homesteading journey but aren't sure how? My advice is to begin right where you are. That's how I began six years ago at my [...]

EVERY GUITARIST HAS at some point in their development been unsure how to approach improvising. Whether it's a series of chord changes or a certain groove, we just can't seem [...]

WHEN ERIC EARLEY recently unearthed a box of demos he'd made on a four-track cassette recorder in the 1990s, he thought it would be amusing to hear his old songs [...]

'AT 50, EVERYONE has the face he deserves,' George Orwell wrote, observing how, by that milestone, our experiences, choices and character reflect our interior self. Under the circumstances, that vantage [...]

THE ONSTAGE BACKDROP for Al Di Meola's Electric Years Tour is a huge collage of 17 of his most recognizable album covers. Noticeably absent from the bunch is his groundbreaking [...]

IF YOU HAVEN'T figured out by now, this Dirty Knobs thing is no mere dalliance for Mike Campbell. True, he'll always be the lead guitarist from Tom Petty and the [...]

GROWING UP IN New York--specifically in Queen's Kew Gardens--a young Steven Schneider would go to see all-night rock and roll movies at the Eighth Street Playhouse in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. [...]

DECEMBER 12, 1943-APRIL 18, 2024 DICKEY BETTS WAS larger than life in both his personality and musical range. His death at age 80 on April 18 brought the full scope [...]

January WEDNESDAY Plan to tap your trees for sap with the lunar calendar In mind. New moon and full moon are most likely to encourage the sap to run. 1 [...]

WHEN WINTER FREEZES the outdoor world solid, it's not necessarily time to hole up by the fireplace. Believe it or not, it's possible to remain warm, find a frozen body [...]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE things is making my own items to replace store-bought ones. It gives me a wonderful sense of accomplishment, is healthier, and usually saves me money. Making [...]

WHEN I FIRST LAID eyes on the neglected and overgrown property I would soon call my own, I saw through the saplings and trees that engulfed the pastures of the [...]

IF YOUR FAMILY'S LIKE MINE, there's a lot of chickens and turkeys roasted during the holiday season. And that brings up the question of what to do with the meat [...]

ALTHOUGH COLLARDS (Brassica oleracea) originated in Europe, they've become known as a specialty of the southern United States, where the cooking influences and preferences of enslaved and indigenous communities made [...]

WHILE ONE OF MY favorite things to do is forage for wild mushrooms, I now have another favorite pastime: growing my own mushrooms! For many beginners, including myself, this was [...]

'SONGS KIND OF jump out of a guitar,' Justin Hayward notes via Zoom from his home in the south of France, where he splits time with his native England. He [...]

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DISSECTING guitars as a teen and opening his own shop half a dozen years ago, Justin Abernethy has worked with several of the finest guitar makers in business [...]

TO TAKE A flyover of Steve Lukather's long and storied career is to essentially reminisce about the heights of the past 40 years of pop and rock music. He is [...]