Q: I am trying to establish a gift basket business. I have some gift baskets at a local shop. Within the past three weeks, I haven’t been able to get a sale. I live in a very small town. I would like ...

As Liz Healey care-fully threads a long length of cane through a skeleton of wooden staves, her sister, Martha Healey, adds a small hoop of wood. She feels the seam until she’s sure it has disappeared ...