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Simple Thoughts for Simple Minds

Just reconfigured The Duck’s new version of Blix Krieg. He has kindly updated the theme to support Asides. Making it easier for me to add quick, thoughtless updates to the blog. Also on the horizon? The end of baseball and soccer and the beginning of new work on...

Baseball, Soccer, and Other Stuff

Keep me away… So, spring has sprung and along with spring also comes the inevitable equation: 2(sports) + 3(kids)=0(time). Around this neck of the woods we do spring cleaning sometime in July. And house projects get put on hold indefinitely. Fortunately, the...

Books on the Craftsman/Arts & Crafts Fireplace

Just a few, with good pictures too! So, a shortlist—mostly because this is all I’ve had time to look through so far. At the very top of my current list is Inside the Bungalow by Paul Duchscherer and Douglas Keister. This book includes numerous photographs...

The Power of a Craftsman Fireplace

And a little weekend cleanup Busy weekend, especially it being Easter. Spent Saturday cleaning up outside the house, planting two apple trees, and prepping for the several new projects we have in mind. (also went shopping for a new front-loading washer and drier, but...