How to Handle the Critics in Your Life

How to Handle the Critics in Your Life

by | 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...
Why it Took Me 2 Years to Make This Simple Bowl

Why it Took Me 2 Years to Make This Simple Bowl

by | 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,...