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I made a very long delivery run over the weekend.

I made a very long delivery run over the weekend. Down to Kentucky and back to Minnesota via the UP of Michigan. It was a very long trip, but I took the opportunity to see a bunch of my old friends.

@wes_tone_official and I hiked the shore of Lake Superior under a full moon. @my_friends_call_me_edge and I talked fly fishing in his back yard. That’s a mahogany trout club in his hand, called a priest, which I made on my lathe. And @meg_e_martin and @peterncoxmn took me out for a night on the town in Ann Arbor.

I’ve been exceedingly lucky so far in life, to know so many excellent people. Now I just need to build some really high end furniture for an east coaster, so I can visit my old newspaper friends!

Christmas sale on this lovely maple and ash butche

Christmas sale on this lovely maple and ash butcher block table! I’m temporarily offering this heirloom piece for $999. (previously $1200) It would make a perfect gift for the foodie in your life. The only catch is you have to be within reasonable driving distance of Bemidji. This thing is very heavy and would be a sucker to ship. DM if interested!

Writing desks are probably my favorite pieces of f

Writing desks are probably my favorite pieces of furniture to build. The notion of an author spinning out paragraphs on wood I planed and sanded and polished is very gratifying.

I designed and built this piece for @johnpleggett. A writer and pastor in Lexington Kentucky. He liked dark wood so we went with walnut. Other than that he gave me free reign, and I’ll admit I went down the rabbit hole on this one. I dug through all my walnut slabs, sketching out the shape of their grain, then designed the trestle to bend and arch with that grain. I then refined the curves with nails and a batten the way I used to do when lofting boat strakes.

The desk’s new home turns out to be in the Second Presbyterian Church of Lexington — the home congregation of Mary Todd Lincoln. The woodwork in this place is astonishing. It’s an honor to have some of my work there.

Most of you know me as a woodworker, but I am also

Most of you know me as a woodworker, but I am also a writer. And I have a novel! It’s a fun read. Two brothers on a wild adventure. You should buy it! For yourself or as a Christmas gift, or both. Request it at your local book store, or buy it from my publisher, @ndsupress , or on Amazon.

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