👣 Trees
Mangrove roots at low tide at the Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines
I like trees, and all things about them. Tree trunks, leaves, fruits and nuts, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Category: Thoughts on Woodworking
● The End of the Workday
By the end of my workday, I know that I have given everything – my energy and my physical self – to the project. It may be one that … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● With a Little Patience: An Adze
Remember the great adze shortage of 2015? It still exists in some form or other. I can tell you now that I found one by a respected tool maker. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ One or Two More Things
A tweak here; a tweak there. Is the end of a project ever really the end? Tweaks can be made beyond a project’s completion. I’ve always believed so. That’s … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ And the Trees Still Stand
For eons, wood from the forest has been harvested to the brink of extinction to sustain humanity. Houses, furniture, wine barrels, bridges, boats, fences, industrial models for tools, machinery … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Dovetail Digestif
Musings on mastery
Why do we linger at the dinner table? It may be that family or cultural tradition demand it. A digestif – a shot of alcohol or … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Gathering
Gathering with fellow woodworkers for tool events, lectures, and demonstrations has a dynamic, up-to-date sensibility. To put it simply, they actively enhance shop life. It opens the door to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Refuge
Here I am, in my wood shop – my refuge. I think about how I might lift my spirits in the midst of the turmoils of the world. Just … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Magic of Hand Tools
Early on, before I embraced the magic of hand tools, I had a different dream. I imagined that I’d have a fully outfitted workshop. In it would be the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Shop Made Tools
For some people, shop made tools are not desirable options. After all, a lot of the fun in woodworking is showing off your new tools and wood shop to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Is a Big, Full Toolbox a Win?
As a seamstress, I’m familiar with the saying: she who dies with the most fabric wins. Personally, I don’t want that much fabric.
As a woodworker, I don’t … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Wish List: Wood
Wouldn’t it be nice to have, as I call it, a wish list – wood? To have within reach all the wood you want, let alone even need? All … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞