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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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  • Looking into the stoke holes

    This was the view into the stoke holes on the wood kiln this morning. Swirling flame, and once in a while it would be just…

  • Unloading salt, firing wood

    The whole fam-damily loaded up this morning to accompany me on a trip to EMU, to help out with the wood firing. It was a…

  • Entry for November 11, 2006

    Connor turned 11 this week. He’s a foodie, and wanted to have an “Iron Chef” party. Like most things, it turned out to be a…

  • Entry for October 31, 2006

    Happy Halloween, all.