Authentic Nautical Accessories, and Custom Furnishings
Experimentation is part of the fun of woodworking—the all-important part that separates your experience's past from its future. The other day, I was messing about in the shop, and a new ( at least to me) method of smoothing spoon bowls came to mind. To back up a bit, I design my spoons with various …
Sabrina: What's that smell? Sniff… (reaction) Oh, S@#t!!!! It didn't use the litter box!
It was meant to be a joke present.
The catalogs started piling up in December, but by a long-standing rule, they stayed by the door until after Christmas. Then they were dropped without ceremony onto a pile of other catalogs until after the middle of January.
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.
We were good over Christmas. As a family, we kept the vow to reduce wrapping paper, buy less, and consume less.
The famous, and some would say infamous, P.T. Barnum owned a popular emporium of the absurd and mysterious in New York City. For a paid admission, one could see all the wondrous items he had gathered for the gullible and easily led.
So, since August, I'll have these waking periods while it's still dark. Then, unable to get back to sleep, I'll slip into my office, pick up my old guitar and start practicing.
Exploration. That's why I write.
When we purchased our home in Central Massachusetts, we asked the previous owners to do a clean sweep before the sale. So the day we moved into the house was reasonably pristine. However, they left some things they were confident we'd need. In the basement was the giant bag of some "weed and feed" products.
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