Making "hex" designs -- The well hook of yesterday -- The full measure -- Wheelbarrow -- The American necktie -- Small-size Americana -- Candy hammer and scissor -- Slow but sure -- Time is long and art is fleeting -- You can spot the old ones a mile away -- Art is how you look at it -- Plan for Ye Olde Barn -- The Blue Streak and the Red Flash -- Man and wife -- Oops! -- First prize -- Solution at end -- The gentle art of sliding -- The King's mark and the white pine -- The old almanacs -- Bells are for ringing! -- The trials of art -- Capitalism -- Witchcraft : twentieth century -- Billions -- When the sands of time ran three times faster -- The dear old past -- The Great Bathtub Hoax -- Skeins and gaggles -- A gazebo and a penthouse -- American good luck! -- Hear ye! -- Mr. Terwilliger -- Signs of the times -- Dutch ovens and Franklin stoves -- It seems like only yesterday -- E. Sloane signs -- The painter's delight -- The American premium -- The Germans liked any color -- as long as it was red -- The Nutmeg Flag -- The column that put me in the dog house -- Sign of the handyman -- The target -- The first paper bag -- John Fuzz was -- When a church looked like a church -- The heritage of age -- A box full of memories -- A Franklin stone -- Simple tools -- Apple butter -- The good old days.
Summary, etc.:
A collection of articles which originally appeared in the author's newspaper column, It makes you think.