by Rick | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, The Burly Log Blog, Writing Tips
My story of recently taking up the tradition of handwriting letters starts with a chunk of wood and a persistent son. My son, Isaac, is a fine woodworking craftsman, remodeler and artist. We both share a love of working with wood and he kept encouraging me to take up...
by Rick | Dec 25, 2016 | Blog, Grandpa Harry Stories
Harry balanced one hand on the cane while he slipped another log into the fireplace. Usually, he burned spruce or lodgepole pine that grew in abundance in the forest around his cabin, but he kept the Pinon pine for Christmas mornings. No other logs burning on a fire...
by Rick | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog, Grandpa Harry Stories
Harry swept the burnt umber oak leaves away from the door with his foot. The swirling wind of autumn piled them against the door as quickly as he moved them away. Shutting the door behind him, his cane tapped the wooden floor as he made his way across the room. He...
by Rick | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog, The Burly Log Blog
No, I’m not going to try to feed this actual tree to hungry people. Instead, I will create bowls, pens, wine stoppers, cutting boards, carvings and a variety of other items that, if people want them, they can make a donation to The Outreach Program to help pay...
by Rick | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, The Burly Log Blog
I have a thing for wood. We fell in love with each when I was in high school and first caressed the fine grain of a piece of walnut. For four decades of my life, I’ve never been too far away from wood. I’ve built houses, worked in a sawmill in Idaho and...
