Monday Morning: Conference Week
Well, if you could see my workshop right now, you might consider canceling your reservation.
At last count, there are eight tubs of materials just for the Stains, Dyes, and Finishes Workshop alone (and just three openings left, if you're…
Grove Park Inn: Snow Today, Sunny & Sixty Next Week
As you no doubt have heard, the South is getting what those of you in the Northwest, the Midwest, and the Northeast have been getting since Thanksgiving: lots and lots of snow. As I am writing this on Wednesday morning, outside it looks like…
A Walk in the Woods
It was a sunny but cold, windy afternoon last week when we wrapped up filming a segment for "This Old House" in Concord, Massachusetts. I stood outside the studio and knew I had a tough decision: make a sprint for the airport and go on standby…
Asking “Why?”
Well, three weeks from now Alex and I will begin our annual migration from our office here above my garage in the country to the historic Grove Park Inn overlooking Asheville, bringing with us truckloads of conference catalogs, posters, signs,…
Charting the Trends
As the countdown to next month's national Arts and Crafts Conference and Shows continues, the thirty-day mark gives me an opportunity to make a first assessment of the trends that begin to surface this time each year.
While I leave the technical…
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