Happy New Year, Pete. Simply to add that you are a very fine writer in addition to your other claims to fame and that is no small thing these days. One could fully enjoy this story and not give a whit about woodworking. When you get time in between building a house, making chairs and teaching you should get started on your first novel.
Thanks for bringing clarity to a general unease I’ve had for years as a furniture maker. Whenever my wife and I visit what passes for an antique store here in flyover country, I tend to feel slightly sickened as I pass each aisle of abandoned and forsaken furniture. Maybe I need to seek my inspiration in a better class of antique store.
Maybe to take it one step further, I have thought more than once about what would happen to my projects, tools and other "things" when I pass. I can see them all on the front lawn, being sold by my kids, and then setting out at the curb with a sign says free on what was left! Because of this, I have sometimes taken inventory of what I don't really need or use anymore and sold them off. At least I got a little money to spend on something else I "need".
Happy New Year, Pete. “If you are in love with something, you are no judge of its value.” Choices I make are made by my emotions, not with data nor evidence, or hard cold facts.
Happy New Year, Pete. Simply to add that you are a very fine writer in addition to your other claims to fame and that is no small thing these days. One could fully enjoy this story and not give a whit about woodworking. When you get time in between building a house, making chairs and teaching you should get started on your first novel.
Thanks for bringing clarity to a general unease I’ve had for years as a furniture maker. Whenever my wife and I visit what passes for an antique store here in flyover country, I tend to feel slightly sickened as I pass each aisle of abandoned and forsaken furniture. Maybe I need to seek my inspiration in a better class of antique store.
Maybe to take it one step further, I have thought more than once about what would happen to my projects, tools and other "things" when I pass. I can see them all on the front lawn, being sold by my kids, and then setting out at the curb with a sign says free on what was left! Because of this, I have sometimes taken inventory of what I don't really need or use anymore and sold them off. At least I got a little money to spend on something else I "need".
Happy New Year, Pete. “If you are in love with something, you are no judge of its value.” Choices I make are made by my emotions, not with data nor evidence, or hard cold facts.
Thanks Peter. What an interesting approach to assess the creative fruits of our woodworking labor.
I like it.
Cheers,
Michael