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The first amendment

Posted on December 18, 2012 by admin

Two days after I posted ‘Hot Potato,’ I received this thinly-veiled threat: This blog using my company name is completely inappropriate, inaccurate and defaming. I formally ask that you remove it immediately. This came from someone who manages to be involved … Continue reading →

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Hot Potato

Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin

Back in the summer, when the weather was nice, we’d sit out on the deck and watch the view. And one day, there was smoke coming from Johnson. We didn’t know what was burning, but something sure was. We saw it in … Continue reading →

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Setting up the new shop

Posted on December 15, 2012 by admin

Remember Frank and his dresser which inspired the look and feel of the doors I’m building? Frank’s done a lot of cool things in his life, and a few years ago, he built some big crazy tables. One thing led to … Continue reading →

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The doors. Part I

Posted on November 30, 2012 by admin

There are barns and there are barn doors.  And then there are doors made from barns. In Westford, I remember making the first set of downstairs doors on the day the carpet installer was there. I made them out of … Continue reading →

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Big visible progress

Posted on November 19, 2012 by admin

When you get up every morning and look out the window and the new house looks a lot like it did yesterday, it’s easy to wonder if this is EVER going to end. (It is Week 22, if you are … Continue reading →

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Up Up and Away

Posted on November 7, 2012 by admin

Up up and away in my beautiful balloon Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon We could float among the stars together, you and I For we can fly!                                    The 5th dimension If you’ve watched television lately, … Continue reading →

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Save the Beams part III

Posted on October 25, 2012 by admin

If you read Save the Beams or Save the Beams part II, you know we’re reclaiming a bunch of the wood from the Green house for use in the new one. Normal wood lovers just go to the reclaimed wood … Continue reading →

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Using old wood

Posted on October 24, 2012 by admin

When I started out working wood, I used only ‘perfect’ boards. Straight grain, knot free, smooth-planed wood. Nice stuff. The first time I stepped ‘out of the box,’ I needed a board to enclose the lights above the kitchen sink in Westford … Continue reading →

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October update

Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin

If I had taken on the plumbing and done it like I’m doing the electricity, we’d be skunked. Not that I’m doing a bad job on the electrical, but it’s taking me forever. Bernie said (and this was a couple … Continue reading →

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My Windows phone is a piece of shit

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

I bought my windows phone because it is a smart phone with good tethering capabilities and because it has a primo telecoil mode. And both of those work great, except that, starting  when my data plan changed, I need special permission … Continue reading →

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