FORT WORTH, Texas - (Business Wire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) reported today that sales for the month of December were $4.8 million compared to $4.9 million in December 2007, down 1%. Year to date sales are down 4% to $53.3 million in ...
Read moreBUHL, Idaho - As an avid backcountry horseman, Bryan Kenworthy of Buhl loves his horses -and the opportunity for solitude and fresh air his horses bring him. So in considering what he’d wish for this Christmas, the continued health of his three ...
Read moreRICHMOND – In the center of downtown Richmond sits a biker’s paradise. From on-site, custom-made chaps to jackets, boots, gloves, saddle bags, vests, mud flaps, drink holders and everything else a biker needs to complete his ride, Kelly’s ...
Read moreIt was just a few months ago that I was writing about artist Jo Mora and the 75anniversary of his famous California Rodeo carte, or poster. Then, this week I received a copy of Peter Hiller's new booklet, "The Written Words of Jo Mora." Hiller, of ...
Read moreIt's not always easy hopping on a bike when the temperature is hovering around freezing. But at least a once a week, James Dittman makes the 81/4 mile ride from his home in Harrisburg to Two-Wheeler Dealer, where he works as a sales associate and ...
Read moreTwo area men have capitalized on the retro craze by purchasing mechanical bulls and shopping them around to taverns all over west-central Wisconsin and the east metro. They are the only entrepreneurs in the region to do so, and have corralled the ...
Read moreGREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) -- It's the smell of leather that immediately lets you know you are somewhere exceptional. Somewhere unique. Somewhere not many think to frequent in a day where "use and toss" is common. But here, in a modest shop in this town's ...
Read moreThere's a scene in David Lean's epic picture, "Lawrence of Arabia," where a stuffy British officer picks his way through a courtyard filled with sick and dying people. As he strides along, he looks around him, his face registering shock at the human ...
Read moreBrave New World: there was a piece on the Op-Ed page of today's New York Times (Jan. 3, 2009) that talked about "Four Ways for Detroit to Save Itself." The idea is to highly automate the nation's highways, our cars and, presumably, ourselves. So I ...
Read moreMURCHISON -- The lean, muscular sorrel mare snorted as she eyed the Herford calf separated from the herd. Each time the calf would try to rejoin the herd the feisty mare named Smart Kitty RG would dart with movements so precise the calf did not stand ...
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