Tools for the Journey – #WATWB
Several years ago, while riding my bike on the ring road behind the airport. I suffered a blowout of my front tire. At the time, I was passing the New England Air Museum. The noise of the tire’s tube...
View ArticleSteps & Decks – Project Update
It’s been a while since I made enough progress on the steps/decks to spend a post describing it. In fairness to me, I have accomplished a lot, but things like painting and measuring and planning, don’t...
View ArticleBoys and Their Toys – #SoCS
The weekend is here, and we’re gathered at the bar to hoist a few and enjoy some conversation. We will do our best to incorporate Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Linda didn’t...
View ArticleAsked and Answered
In several recent posts, comments included questions and references to information I left out of the post. I thought I’d see if I can answer a few of these without getting too technical, using any math...
View ArticleI Can Hear My Dad – #1LinerWeds
I saved one picture from the group taken while I was cutting up the old steps in order to get them in the dumpster. If you look carefully at the cut line you can see that I was forcing the tool, trying...
View ArticleThe Fence the Squirrels Ate – #SoCS
It’s Friday. It’s raining, and Linda G. Hill has tossed down a Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt that’s entirely appropriate for this past week: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness...
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Investing in Tech – #WATWB
I am late for this blogfest, but I’m still happy to bring this article to view. For over ten years, beginning when our daughter started high school, I was on a committee in our school district that...
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Sea Trials – #1Liner Weds
You may remember a painful mathematical post last summer where I described the safety features in the design of my shop-built crane. Don’t worry, there will be no math today! The post I shared last...
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Woodworking Then & Now
To celebrate my birthday, our daughter Faith and I spent the day touring Old Sturbridge Village. We are members, and we visit OSV a few times each year, but we always seem to find something we haven’t...
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Woodwork Unplugged
This post is offered in response to Marian Allen’s writing prompt: “What is pleasant to one is unpleasant to another and vice versa. Write about a pleasant sound.” Richard sighed as he released the...
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