The Inner Child

Some of the questions you get on the Word Press platform read as though a personality profile company generated them. Word Press, are you profiling us?

Down with Emojis

Online communications? Wrong topic to get me going off about.

Cold, Slow, and Rotten

anuary doesn't last forever; it sometimes just feels that way. But, just so you know, the "normal" New England January is like its comrade in arms, February, a severe period of cold, storm, and darkness. Except, as we all know, that seems to be changing.

Behaving

We were good over Christmas. As a family, we kept the vow to reduce wrapping paper, buy less, and consume less.

Designers Notes

By my long-standing tradition, January is a month for working with the design book first and the workshop second. The book doesn't look much like a designer's book of sketches. Over the past few years, it's become page upon page of post-it notes placed on the book's blank pages throughout the year. As an idea …

Brightwork

What you coat a carving with has distinct practical and esthetic consequences. I tended to make things for boats; quarterboards, billet heads, eagles, or transom banners. I always used carefully applied varnish, paint, and gold leaf.

Prepare

The photo shows what's currently on the desk. It changes depending on what I am interested in or preparing to do. I hate to confess, but I dig out what I need and rarely consume the entire book.