My mom’s mother, my Grandma Green, always shopped at the corner A&P in her town of Rensselaer, where we often visited her during my youth. And our town of North Judson had its own A&P store, where my ...

In the old days when clothes were sewn and mended at home instead of bought ready-made, spools of thread were household essentials. You would see a spool cabinet in any country store, usually on the ...

– Old wooden thread spool (at least 1 in wide) – Drill – Large drill bit – Smaller drill bit – Utility knife or other sharp knife – Pencil – Table vice or clamp (optional) – Earbuds Clamp spool in a ...