Woodworking: Tools Of The Trade, Part 6 - Finishing Equipment
A civilization’s maturity and intelligence is judged, in part, by the diversity and sophistication of its tools. When it comes to woodworking, the human race is quite advanced. There are general tools that work well in many situations, and there are specialty tools made […]
Some nights you may not feel like taking out all your scrap supplies and pictures but you still want to create something. A good solution is to make some cards. Cards take less thinking and time then doing a scrapbook page. And you can often get a whole bunch done in one sitting.
Cards are […]
It’s in him. The music. All the notes, and melodies, words, and lyrics. His music so strong it reaches out through his finger tips to bring the keys he plays to life. It flows through his lips and produces a sound that only the “great ones” know how to make. Music emerges from the depths […]
Stamp collecting is a popular and rewarding hobby. If you are just starting out and would like to know where to start, here are some helpful tips.
It is said that the first rule of stamp collecting is to find a particular type of stamp you think you would like to collect and to take […]
For those of you who hate coffee for reasons I can’t possibly understand there here is something you may like. My wife on occasion makes home crafts and the thing she makes that I like the most are her coffee scents. This is so simple yet very appealing, and the cost is under $20.00. Here […]
Kids are always wanting to make mom a gift for Mother’s Day. They want something that is all their own, without much help from anyone, so here are some ideas that are both inexpensive and easy for them.
A home made jewelry box: Give the child a small paper mache box - sort of like […]
Another important writing implement for scrapbooking is a wax pencil. Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass, plastic and photographs. These pencils are easy to draw with and can be used to color in portions of lettering, in borders, or to create accents.
The unique thing about wax pencils is that if they […]
Scraping an oboe reed blank is a little like creating a shell for the reed to live in. It isn’t really an oboe reed yet, but it has to be a good enough shell so that the reed can eventually take shape within it. It seems like a rather abstract idea now, so […]
Images out of Latin America
Still Alive (El Salvador)
Introduction: long overdue is this poem. I lived through the 1980s (the war of El Salvador)) the Reagan years)); also, Vietnam (of which I was part of, in the seventies); and been to Central America twice. Once recently, and on the boarder of […]
