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Shelter from the Storm
My workshop has been a refuge from the tumultuous events that surround us in this day and age. A familiar sense of order and sometimes disorder, sets the stage when my door opens in the morning. I am fortunate to have a well-equipped shop with a collection of tools and machines collected over a lifetime. […]
Quilted Mahogany “The Tree”
The Quilted Mahogany in this dressing table is a very special wood, a wood that has become a legend. In 1965, a party of loggers discovered a large mahogany tree in the Jungle of Belize – over 100 feet high, 10 feet in diameter at the base, 50 feet to the first branch. Loggers take […]
Things that are Cuckoo
Seems like today there is plenty of fodder for this train of thought. Woodworking does offer a chance at social commentary. My home is a remaining agricultural valley jewel, between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. The Skagit Valley is a daily thoroughfare for mile long coal trains headed for export to China. This wall […]