Working with your hands
Posted on | May 23, 2009 |
For most of you, I don’t have to go on about what this entails. But it seems that many people have missed out on the tribulations and of course the absolute joy of hands on, head scratching labors. See this New York Times article. I’ve been erratic in my postings of late. My knees and back, along with this economy have made getting work done a bit more difficult. Instead of fighting the circumstances, I’ve created a newer playing field for myself. I’ve written a book. It’s not about carpentry. I’ll leave those kinds of books to Andy Engel, he’s bound to do a far better job than I could. He is a walking, talking, measuring, board-cutting, construction encyclopedia, and he loves it like no one I’ve ever met. I believe there’s sawdust in the man’s veins. Andy’s first book, Building Stairs (For Pros by Pros)
I spent a good amount of my creative energy of late writing a novel (it’s been a life long dream). While I won’t give up working with my hands, I will be splitting my creative energies between the two. If you liked that New York Times piece, the author’s book is available from Amazon and you can link to it below. It is certainly going to be on my summer reading list.
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I’m a sawdust making, tool buying, work boot wearing kind of guy. When I’m not building something useful, usually for someone else, I’m writing about it for Fine Homebuilding or This Old House. I’ve spent most of my adult life honing my craft and now I want to share what I’ve learned. From tool reviews to how-to this blog will explore a bunch of interesting stuff. So strap on a tool belt or crack a cold one and let’s have some fun.
October 16th, 2009 @ 12:24 pm
Glad to see you’re still writing though! Got worried there for a hot second.