Smoking on a Bike

In Spring 2018, we started growing grapevines in our home garden in Saint Paul. I did a ton of research on this, especially on Minnesota-hardy grape varieties. I found that the University of Minnesota actually does a bunch of research […]

Starting 2019 off strong with a trip to the lumber yard to get stock for my new project: a dining table made with cherry. About 2 hours sorting through the stacks at Youngblood Lumber Company, then another 45 minutes cross-cutting […]

We have three cats. Of course, their favorite thing to do is look out of our windows. Since we moved into our house, we had planned on having some way of giving them a platform to reach the ceiling windows […]

This morning I drove just outside of the Twin Cities to Medina, MN to attend my first MWTCA Tool Meeting. I was struck with how busy it was at 9 AM when I arrived. I have to get there earlier […]

Podcasts WoodTalk – This is a fun, lighthearted weekly podcast featuring Marc Spagnuolo (The Wood Whisperer), Shannon Rogers (The Renaissance Woodworker), and Matt Cremona. They discuss what they’re working on each week and answer listener mails and questions. Episodes are […]

I finished the second of the two projects that got me into woodworking this week (the first was a coat rack). This is a new table for our kitchen, which will give us about six more feet of countertop space. […]