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Solved: The Mysteries Behind Knute Rockne’s Final Flight
March 31, 2025 marks the 94th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the life of my great-grandfather, Knute Rockne, and seven other men. On March 31, 1931, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was scheduled to fly on T&WA’s 8:30 a.m. flight from Kansas City to Los Angeles. The morning sky was overcast, a Continue reading
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The Correct Way to Say “Knute”
Apparently on Sunday, an NFL announcer, Charles Davis, mentioned the name “Knute Rockne” and pronounced it with a hard K, i.e. Ka-nute. A fellow announcer, Ian Eagle, gave him a hard time about it. I don’t watch the NFL, so I missed the live exchange, but the clip got sent to me, and I gave Continue reading
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5 Types of Handmade Candles to Avoid on Etsy
All links for this post can be found here, on my Pinboard account. If you encounter a dead link, an archived copy is available on Pinboard. A few years ago, I owned a handmade candle business and sold on Etsy. It was fun because each scented candle requires figuring out the correct size of wick, the Continue reading
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No, Your Vintage Enamel Cookware Was Not Made In Oskar Schindler’s Factory
All links and bibliography for this post can be found here, on my Pinboard account. If you encounter a dead link, an archived copy is available on Pinboard. A few weeks ago, I was looking for vintage Polish cookware on eBay. I was coming across a bunch of lovely pieces, but one listing immediately caught Continue reading
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Really, Etsy?
I don’t know why, I just have a hard time believing over 20 people are currently clamoring over this piece of grandma’s cookware, selling for $15,000. Continue reading
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