Month: November 2024
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Turning Tenkara Line Spools
Read more…: Turning Tenkara Line SpoolsI turned some tenkara line spools out of spalted maple on the lathe. Tenkara spools are something you can wrap your line around while in transit. Tenkara rods are longer than standard fly rods, collapsable, and have a fixed length of line tied to the end instead of a reel. When you move around, a…
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Week of November 18, 2024
Read more…: Week of November 18, 2024The cold weather is here, and I am happy to have it. It snowed on Friday, but melted overnight. Given the weather, I’m in full hearty meal mode. Charlie was home sick on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. That made for a challenging work week. He was vomiting, but had full energy and was bouncing off…
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Week of November 11, 2024
Read more…: Week of November 11, 2024I’ve been working on other people’s blogs at work all day, time to post on mine. Downtown Peekskill with Amanda and Charlie on Monday evening. We went to dinner at the Irish place, and we also checked on the Little Free Library and exchanged some books. We had another tough weekend with Charlie, so I’m…
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Week of November 4, 2024
Read more…: Week of November 4, 2024Short post this week. I need to get some sleep. It has been a long week and I am tired. This work week was stressful and parenting was difficult. Optimistic that next week will be better. I made my own rosin and fly tying wax this week. I tied a few flies this week, too.…
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Week of October 28, 2024
Read more…: Week of October 28, 2024Charlie worked with me in the shop on Monday night and I got down the hand drill and bit brace for him to check out. I was surprised by how quickly he grokked them. It was cool to see. He drilled decent holes by himself much safer than with a battery drill. I’ll have to…
