Wallets

Daily writing promptWhat's the best piece of advice you've ever received?View all responses The best advice? It was one of my father's favorite bits of advice - "Free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it, Louis" He'd always cap this goody off with an admonishment to carefully evaluate offerings because sometimes there were …

First Rate

People starting out in carving sometimes ask me for advice. I think they expect me to come up with some impressive Koan of karmic wisdom—follow the wood, trust in the wood, or thank the wood—but I'm just not that much of a Zen sort of guy.Instead of mystical wisdom, I offer straightforward and practical advice: …

Matriculate

Daily writing promptWhat's the best piece of advice you've ever received?View all responses I was, and if you listen to some people, still am more than a bit willful. I was pretty much out of the house and on my own at sixteen, and being a bit shrewd and willful in that magnetic New York City manner made it …