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Kat, this was a well done

A Guy Called LULU — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:13:56 +0000

In reply to I don't have anything to say

Kat, this was a well done post on an interesting topic. I think you will be interested in this diavlog which is actually to your point.

I've never worked with

Oxy Mora — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:27:11 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I have some ideas about

I've never worked with manzanita but it has some beautiful grain patterns and burl. Should be fun.

Yeah, I have some ideas about

ocean-kat — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:43:13 +0000

In reply to Wood boxes are great unless

Yeah, I have some ideas about making small boxes out of manzanita. It's a local wood, very hard with a beautiful red color. It might be in your neck of the woods too. I could use a dozen of them myself to replace all the ugly plastic containers I have around the house. By then I should have made all the possible mistakes and the next 12 should be well done. I made a large wooden box years ago for my girlfriend to use as a hope chest. While it looked beautiful it was too heavy to easily move. I have some animal parts for sweat lodge ceremonies that I want to make a medium cedar box for. They're well preserved but cedar will help keep the bugs from attacking them.

Wood boxes are great unless

Oxy Mora — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:03:56 +0000

In reply to Right now I'm on solar

Wood boxes are great unless they are of the large size.

Here's a piece you may or may

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 20:40:51 +0000

In reply to Yes, that's true, but I didn

Here's a piece you may or may not like:

Right now I'm on solar

ocean-kat — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:04:07 +0000

In reply to Kat, I haven't tried making

Right now I'm on solar system that's too small to run power tools. I'd have to do everything by hand which is a bit more work than I'm interested in. The plan is to retire in a year and move to town where I can plug into the grid. I'll start with some wood boxes. I've done it before. I can give them away or if the quality is high enough maybe sell a few. I won't need the money so there's no pressure. It's just for fun. Then try for more difficult projects.

Sucks to be Sacks, who became

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:27:00 +0000

In reply to Ah, Oliver Sacks! He's a

Sucks to be Sacks, who became famous via a guy who objectified women, or at least his wife. Ceci n'est pas une pipe, ceci n'est pas un chapeau, c'est votre femme. Female director for Awakenings (Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley), bang up job from both Williams and De Niro.

Check out "Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole" - a bit like Sacks meeting NCIS or some other modern Netflix-like sleuth series.

Ah, Oliver Sacks! He's a

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:18:45 +0000

In reply to A heart-warming video

Ah, Oliver Sacks! He's a homey (lives in da Bronx, City Island) and I'm a longtime fan, have read most of his books. Fell in love after the fictionalized movie about his start working as a clinician, Awakenings.Yes he's long stressed the role of music to reach those with brain disabilities. Simplifying what he always implies on that: you activate the music part of the brain still intact, it's like taking a back local streets route when the highway is closed, it's like the neurons fire up there and might travel elsewhere and wake up a few more parts of the brain. In other examples I've seen him give, it doesn't have to be a super music lover like the guy in the video, nor one with his marvelous Cab Calloway tastes. Itsby Bitsy Spider or Christmas caroling can also work too, if that's the kind of thing prominent in their music memories.

One really cool thing about this neurological phenomenon is that it synchs with the famous phrase coined by William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, 1697: Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

That's cause she's a baby

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:58:09 +0000

In reply to Adding that I have two grand

That's cause she's a baby grand (daughter)

Adding that I have two grand

Oxy Mora — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:29:46 +0000

In reply to Kat, I haven't tried making

Adding that I have two grand daughters playing the cello. One is playing hers in a school concert later this month. The other girl is smaller than her cello.