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A Few Years Ago

A Few Years Ago

I think that Joseph was 13 when we did this. I was to travel from Texas to Tulsa, Oklahoma to demonstrate hand tool woodworking at the Woodworking Shows' show, a three-day event I used to enjoy. It was mainly to promote my classes in Elm Mott in Texas, just

My Latest Giveaway is now OPEN!

We did it! Thank you to everyone who helped me reach 450,000 subscribers on YouTube! To celebrate, I am giving away a starter kit of tools to the winner: * Dovetail Saw * Tenon Saw * Sliding Bevel * Gauge * Combination square * Stanley #4 Plane * Woodworker’s Knife * Set of Chisels To enter,

A Future Past

A Future Past

I decided not to use the name of the disease sweeping the world because of the negative connotations we conjure up in our minds thinking about it. I want to tell a story about the last six months that will ultimately span around 35 years from today. It's

Another Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch

Another Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch

My vegetable Frittata Frittatas are a wonderfully quick and healthful meal and are not specific to a particular mealtime, although breakfast and lunch would be a favourite time for me. I love quiches but the pastry makes them prohibitive for me because the pastry is so high in carbs and

I Stood Back . . .

I Stood Back . . .

. . . looked up, and I said to myself, in my head, 'Perfect!' This was a month ago. Last night I mowed my grass. It was just before dark. I looked up and I said to myself, 'Hmm, not so perfect!' An ancient proverb states that "Pride

Woodworking Budgeting

Woodworking Budgeting

I have similar problems. It is difficult for me to decide how to spend the limited time that I have to devote to this hobby. To make matters worse, I’ve become more of a tool collector than a woodworker. Now I find myself believing that a $1000 dollar black

Perfection Revisited

Perfection Revisited

The idea that perfection is attainable is more the myth and mystery than the reality. Because there is no way to actually measure perfection in some finite way, we must then establish how we ourselves feel about the thing we made first. Is it indeed the final outcome of that