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  • Of Trees and Roots and Names of Things

    When my grandpa Averill bought property on Wolf Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan in the early 40s, he picked the choice lot for himself, and then parceled out smaller lots along the lake edge in a little barony he named “Averill’s Basswood Terrace”. (My grandpa liked to see…

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  • Entry for August 18, 2008

    Here’s Jeff coming up to inspect my impressively engineered pigeon door. It can be set to allow the birds to come in, but not be…

  • Entry for August 18, 2008

    This was the dovecote before the roof and final touches went on. I’m inordinately proud of it. It is made of four trash picked wooden…

  • My latest project

    So I bought a kiln on ebay. Which is kind of like buying an in-ground pool… first you dig the hole, pour the cement, etc.…

  • Entry for August 13, 2008

    Grand Champion ribbons for our Junior Girl Scout Troop 407 project (front and center)