Huh? What's Up With That?

carving beyond a turkey...        I took Best of Show in the State Fair with a life-size five-foot coiled Egyptian Cobra , said Al!   And , it had 3,000 scales on its body, he added.      HUH? What's up with that?    H?WUWT? is checking out activities POS (people over 60) choose to invest their time and energy.  By chance, we came upon one of the oldest practices in the world... wood-carving.   Few of us know about the art, unless you can recall scenes of Grandpa McCoy (Walter Brennan, The Real McCoys) sitting in a rocking chair dispensing wisdom while  whittling on a stick with his pocket knife as Kate and Luke ran the household (last episode aired in 1963).   Decorative wood goes back to prehistoric days when it was used for enhancing handles and tools as well as for making weapons.  In ancient Egypt, wood-carved religious figures were placed in tombs to protect the dead.  Today, those carv...

mask up, (or not) Pt. 2 in the new normal ...                               Just when you thought your wardrobe was complete for the season, a few unwanted adornments became necessary for some, but it's debatable if these accouterments enhance anyone's image.   Masks, gloves, face-shields, hand sanitizer, bleach, disinfectants, social distancing, plexiglas barriers, quarantining, outside seating only, refunds, no refunds, new normal, and cancellations. Today, these are products and concepts that play a role to some degree in all our lives.   HUH ? What''s up with that ?   In this issue of H?WUWT?  we will focus on masks and face coverings as a follow-up to the original, Mask Up , published May 15th of this year.     To wear a mask or not to wear a mask.  Indeed, the question has become a subject of discourse for many in this country. If one chooses to wear a...