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Book, Cook & Hook Nomad: Turning 50: Who Knew I Had Such Poetic Friends?
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Book, Cook and Hook Nomad. Eternally looking for the perfect book, the perfect recipe and the perfect yarn. Sunday, January 12, 2014. Turning 50: Who Knew I Had Such Poetic Friends? I turned 50 on Friday and contrary to what the media leads you to believe, it was quite an enjoyable experience. I've never been one to lament the turning of the years, so I didn't expect to gnash my teeth or have a nervous breakdown, but this joyful bit of harmony has been quite a boon. It worked out great! Fred had asked pe...
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Book, Cook & Hook Nomad: January 2014
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Book, Cook and Hook Nomad. Eternally looking for the perfect book, the perfect recipe and the perfect yarn. Saturday, January 25, 2014. The Brain at 50. About six weeks ago a shooting pain started in my right elbow. I thought it would go away, so I ignored it. After all, at 50, lots of things hurt. But it didn't go away. It got more frequent and my co-worker seemed concerned and said I should take some aspirin. I made an appointment with the doctor. My symptoms got a little better. I can't help you. ...
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Fred Can Do It: April 2015
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. What's wrong with this picture? To answer that question, I need to transport myself back to Sister Agatha's grade-school classroom. We had just been handed an unusual test, several pages of questions stapled together, probably 100 questions in all, and nothing to do with our class. At the top of the first page, in big letters, it said:. REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING! Of the pallet) have a hole on that end. The...
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Fred Can Do It: January 2015
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Sunday, January 4, 2015. Self-confidence is an adolescent, drunken friend tempting you to do things you should not do. It is a bad boy with no common sense and no grip on reality and especially no concept of what it means to grow older. It convinced me that I could lift the 12-foot beams onto the posts by myself without pushing the posts off center. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Attempting to do it myself. Summer Fun List 2016.
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Fred Can Do It: May 2015
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Thursday, May 7, 2015. Not Going Back Up There. Corky told a joke yesterday. I guess it was funny- who knows? He told it to Jam, not to me. I'm pretty sure that Corky's joke was about me, probably something about my fear of heights, just because I built that scaffolding instead of using a ladder like a normal person. Whatever Corky said, Jam had a good laugh. I deserved it. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Attempting to do it myself.
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Fred Can Do It: Mission Tile, Tapered vs Straight
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Monday, April 13, 2015. Mission Tile, Tapered vs Straight. Just for fun I sometimes carry on an internal dialog in which I explain, to myself, how something does or should work. I then challenge myself, call myself a naïve, simplistic fool and then demand a better explanation, which I calmly provide to myself in a condescending tone, on and on, back and forth until I can understand a thing or at least pretend that I do. I've attempted to hash thi...
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Fred Can Do It: June 2014
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Sunday, June 8, 2014. I finished the last bit of grouting early this morning, working on the part of the walkway that is not shaded by our big oak trees. Grouting a stone pathway is the most peaceful sort of work. Cement and sand is mixed together with just a little water and the clock starts ticking. My red bucket holds enough for about 30 minutes of work. The commitment of focus. Sorry, I can't." My bucket isn't empty yet. For years this part o...
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Fred Can Do It: February 2015
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Sunday, February 22, 2015. After many months of planning and research, of scouring the web for pictures of Asian architecture, of searching through websites and blogs for ideas, of hacking into some online sites that sell drawings and stealing their ideas (though I never actually used them, so I guess it's OK). Though it is not a pagoda at all. Links to this post. Monday, February 16, 2015. Touching the Sky with Rafters. I invited Cheryl out to t...
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Fred Can Do It: Up on the Rooftop
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Fred Can Do It. Doing things better done by professionals. Sunday, March 8, 2015. Up on the Rooftop. I've been dreading the day when I would need to climb up on top of the pagoda's roof. I tried to do it last week but chickened out. Stepping from the ladder onto the roof seemed like an impossible challenge. And then how would I ever get back on the ladder? Yesterday I built some scaffolding just so I wouldn't have to step off from a flat surface. That's how scared I am. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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