Just putting this here in case anyone actually looks other than me and my family: I’m temporarily unable to work in my shop. I had a really bad rotator cuff tear (as in, all the way off!) in my left shoulder, so right now I’m...

Four months without a post? Yikes, time flies. I’m pretty sure there’s nobody reading this except my wife, so I guess it doesn’t really matter, but I had to take some time off to have surgery. A right carotid...

A couple of years ago my wife Julie got me a new desk chair for a birthday gift. I loved it! It was adjustable every which way, had nice breathable mesh in the seat and back, just the right lumbar support — everything I could ask...

It’s been very quiet here for the past couple of months.  I actually do have a project in progress, but it’s not complete and it won’t be for a while because I am temporarily unable to use the shop. I had surgery...

I and about 219 other middle-aged and older guys gathered in Des Moines, IA recently for Weekend with WOOD, an annual event put on by the staff at Meredith Corporation, publishers of WOOD Magazine and a bunch of other lifestyle and hobby...