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Introduction	For about thirty-five years I was a self employed woodworker, building cabinets and other furniture for customers in Brooklyn and Manhattan. That's me in the picture carving a rope molding on one of my last big jobs. I loved woodwork, the ability use all my facilities; head, hands and heart to make handsome and useful things. You might notice I'm wearing earphones, I'm probably listening to Rush Limbaugh. When I take the train home I'll probably be reading a military history, or something on traditional Architecture and design. In 2008 two things hit me pretty hard, the recession and a bone marrow disease. I finally had to give up my shop in the winter of 2010, but I still kept reading, still too much as my Grandmother would say. I hope to use this blog to get stuff off my chest on the above subjects, and anything else that crosses my path, and to keep from getting under wife's feet.

Introduction

For about thirty-five years I was a self employed woodworker, building cabinets and other furniture for customers in Brooklyn and Manhattan. That's me in the picture carving a rope molding on one of my last big jobs. I loved woodwork, the ability use all my facilities; head, hands and heart to make handsome and useful things. You might notice I'm wearing earphones, I'm probably listening to Rush Limbaugh. When I take the train home I'll probably be reading a military history, or something on traditional Architecture and design. In 2008 two things hit me pretty hard, the recession and a bone marrow disease. I finally had to give up my shop in the winter of 2010, but I still kept reading, still too much as my Grandmother would say. I hope to use this blog to get stuff off my chest on the above subjects, and anything else that crosses my path, and to keep from getting under wife's feet.