I’m nearing completion on the bookcase. (So, so slow.) At this point I just need to apply some wood filler in a couple of spots and then stain it. Things I’ve learned: It’s hard to align and glue large pieces together by yourself, so it’s really handy when you have a kind and patient wife to help you out. Also, to talk you down because it happened at the end of a long day and I was convinced the whole thing was a pile of crap fit only for burning.
I’ve found myself dipping into this Red Pine translation of the Tao Te Ching this week. I particularly enjoy the small excerpts from commentators. Also, it appears that Red Pine has not translated Chuang Tzu, which surprises me.
Amazing documentary about a would-be terrorist.
This episode includes a reading of “The Treasure,” followed by a few comments.
Newbie question here: any chance this is eastern red cedar? Definitely aromatic. Reddish brown. Maybe @dwalbert or @patrickrhone or @aa would know?
Finished watching “The Woman King.” I don’t understand how Viola Davis was not nominated for an Academy Award for this. Much less that it received no nominations whatsoever.
This is the final letter for my part of Jason Becker’s Letters project. Be sure to follow the rest of the project this year at Jason’s blog. Thank you very much to Jason for allowing me to take part in this. Week one. Week two. Week three. Week four. Dear Jason, Yes, it’s definitely hard to do anything outside during winter. To be fair, though, winter here in the southern half of the state isn’t all that bad.
Very wet here today. Poor squirrel at the feeder is soaked. Wind is whistling. It feels like we’re back in winter. But that’s what March is like around here: windy and stormy.
Thinking about this post from @patrickrhone tonight so I compared a cross section of end grain from leftover trim for our 1910 house with a modern 2x6. What a difference!
Important for the work I do: The difference between old growth wood and new growth wood. Via The Hammock Papers
Following up on my previous post, it’s worth noting that he regards this as a counsel of perfection on the order of “love one another”, that is to say, ideals to be striven after even if never fully attained. Counsels of perfection, of course, bring monastic vows to mind. A lot to think about here.