Spinney, a dedicated deacon in his church, took the old testament injunction to heart: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.”
REO
The Bevel Gauge
We are a society that prefers things square, plumb and regular. But life isn't that neat
Facebook Endings
Endings can be full of angst or be quiet fadeaways.
Corticimancy
Bill insisted that he had thought of this one himself. He called it Corticimancy - telling the future from pieces of bark.
Dirty Money?
Money has done a perfectly excellent job of standing off a ways from me without encouragement.
Wind on the Water
The water has much to say, but I am not always listening or capable of hearing what it has to tell me.
The Desk
We visited a cluttered tool store: Captain Tinkham's Emporium. The store is a sort of tool Mecca for woodworkers. Looking for a set pf feathering planes for fairing out lapstrake planking? Try the Captain's.
Present Arms!
His routine was to present them in a lineup first thing in the morning as I got up to make coffee and feed him. He would sit at the end of the line, chest out, immeasurably proud of the body count. You could almost hear the crisp tones of "Present Arms!"
Hub Rat*
Success is an interesting item. Start with minor success in one part of your life, and you can learn to build upon it—success upon success.
Watching the Clock
At 5 pm, the cat checks the clock a final time and then starts weaving between the legs of whoever is preparing dinner. The dog does the passive resistance thing by merely blocking your path to wherever you need to go.
