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 | 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...
