Some thoughts on (alleged) cultural stasis


Summer keeps its hold with such cupidity—
It’s not the heat, you know, but the humidity.

Weather station reading temperature 71F, humidity 69%


Stopped in the pet store this afternoon for dog food, and after I paid and was leaving the clerk said, “Enjoy!” 🤷‍♂️


A touch of fall by Falls Lake.

Trees lakeside beginning to tinge red


Idly flipping through Emily Dickinson today: I want to do a carving titled “Even for Death, a fairy medicine.” No idea what it would look like, though.


Just a friendly reminder that it’s a good time to start researching your municipal elections.

absurdist collage with caption welp, there goes the neighborhood


As I can’t get basswood wider than 8 inches this carving, at 8x10, is likely the largest one I’ll do, excepting some sort of multi-panel thing.

chip carving of two facing birds and a great many interwoven whimsical flowers, with a red frame carved with triangles


I have to keep using Instagram for business purposes, not to mention it’s where all the woodworkers and artists are — but having to chose not to make an “AI character” every time I post something is making it even more painful than it already was.


This is why I will never be able to make a living from crime. I once got distracted for nearly half an hour reading months-old obituaries when I was supposed to be laying the newspapers down for sheet composting.


One supposes they grow beans?

Sign for Windy Bottoms Farm