Henry David Thoreau said “Every man looks at his woodpile with a kind of affection.”
That was especially true as I watched Gabe and three strong friends stacking it without me lifting a finger today. This is one of the big summer chores.. Every summer we put away four chord of green wood to dry for the next winter. We generally have 8 chord on hand .. we use four in a mild winter. As much as 7 in a hard one.. though we haven’t done that in awhile.. That was before we had heat upstairs…and the toilet used to freeze over…
Somewhere in that pile gabe found a beautiful caterpillar
Speaking of Gabe.. readers of theis blog will know that he’s been helping out at friend Chris’s stone carving busienss. Chris just sold his 300 word rock garden to Sait Michel’s college. There was a nice piece on it in the Free Press this morning
and a cool Youtube video.. you can see Gabe on the truck unloading the stones..
Chris is such a cool guy.. if you’re in the area you should definitely get to St. Mikes and try your hand at rock lyrics..
Well.. I gotta get back to work. I’m presenting a paper in Belgium in a few weeks.. and I need to get it done…
Nite all.. nite Sam
-me
ps
The Pine Street Iron Pour workshop is going to be the week after next. I’ve participated in this the past two years. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Participants in this workshop make sand molds which you then fill with white hot iron. It’s primal, cool, fun and scary. If you’re in the Burlington…area, I encourage you to sign up. (see info on this link or call Yolk at 802-363-6094). At the very least, come watch the pour on July 31 !
