Had a close call with a sudden gust while lifting a steel beam onto a roof in Kansas City last Tuesday.

I stopped putting out suet cakes in the summer and my yard got way more interesting

For years, I followed the common advice to only offer suet in cold weather, but I kept a feeder up all last summer just to see. From June through August, I logged over 15 different species coming to it, including a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers that nested nearby. The big change was seeing warblers and even a blue-gray gnatcatcher picking at it, birds that never touched my seed feeders. I think the key was finding a no-melt, insect-based suet blend. It didn't go bad or get greasy. Has anyone else tried year-round suet and noticed different visitors?

Spent a full day trying to fix a weird idle on my old Virago

My 1985 Yamaha Virago 700 started idling super rough last week, and I figured it was just the carbs. I spent about 8 hours over two days cleaning them, checking the jets, and even replaced the intake boots. Turns out the real problem was a tiny crack in the vacuum cap on the intake manifold I didn't even see at first. Has anyone else had a simple vacuum leak cause that much of a headache on an older bike?