Weekly Editorial
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It’s Time, Time, Time
Recently, I got my hands on some quartersawn, 300-year-old longleaf pine. (Find out why, how and where in the July/August issue of the Woodworker’s Journal print magazine.) So, after the wood had acclimatized to my shop, I glued up a blank and started turning a rather large cake display plate.
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Spring’s New Opportunities
Spring … which has just arrived here in Minnesota … is an exciting time of year. New growth and new opportunities abound. Key to the experience of spring are Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Each year they come along and allow us to celebrate our parental experience as a child, a parent or both.
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Back in the Groove
By now, most of you will know that our last eZine was our annual April Fool’s issue. Chock-full of sophomoric (or perhaps pre-sophomoric) humor, it engendered tons of observations from you: our eZine faithful.
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Spring is Coming … Later
Although we’ve had an exceptionally mild winter this year, yesterday we had a reminder that old man winter still has a few tricks up his sleeve. (Probably a Thinsulate™ parka of some sort.) In any case, I awoke to several inches of the heaviest, stickiest snow that I have ever encountered in my life.
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WJ’s First “Online Chat” a Success
As some of you may know, last Sunday night we hosted our very first online chat here at the Woodworker’s Journal. I must admit to some pre-chat jitters.
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
If you’re reading this week’s eZine on the actual day that it’s issued, you’ll be reading it on Valentine’s Day. The day of love for reading about the hobby you love: how cool is that?
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Learning to Woodwork
A question that I like to ask fellow woodworkers from time to time is: how did you begin woodworking? I was nearly born into the craft, as my dad and uncle owned a woodworking business.
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Homebound Fever
Rob’s dreams of summer inspire a fresh pairing of fishing and woodworking.
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A New Year of Woodworking
One advantage of reaching the august age of 50 years old is that I have become comfortable with my flaws and humble regarding my talents.
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Postcards from the Future
Last eZine I talked about turning 50 and asked the faithful what was in store for me as I (hopefully) continued to check off birthdays into the future.
