by Rick | Apr 5, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
“And, of course, with the birth of the first artist came the inevitable afterbirth- the critic.” – Mel Brook’s “Birth of the Art Critic.” Getting a publisher interested in my first novel, Voice on the Prairie, was a fulfillment of years of hard work, rejection...
by Rick | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, Woodworking
Why did it take me 2 years to turn this simple bowl on a lathe? Here’s the back story so it all makes sense. My son, Isaac, turned me on to turning wood a few years ago when he brought a lathe to my shop and the tools I needed to turn a pen. I argued with him,...
by Rick | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
Do you ever feel like you’re being misled, not only by Fake News but by misleading marketing and advertising? In 2016, Hunts made a commercial that stated, “No matter how far afield you look, you won’t find a single genetically modified tomato among our...
by Rick | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog
According to Google, “good” was the term most searched for in 2018. I’ve just come off a Christmas season of watching Hallmark movies with my wife, who loves to wear a sweatshirt that reads, “This is my Hallmark movie watching shirt.” The...
by Rick | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog, Inspirational, Writing Tips
Are you climbing a mountain of difficulty right now? What decision will you make on this mountain to change the direction of your future? Six years ago I was climbing one of the highest mountains of difficulty in my life. To clear my mind, I took a hike up Deer...
