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The university art class utilized all sorts of mediums for sculpting
When I decided to attend a liberal arts university down the road from my house, I thought I was making a pressing compromise, i was going to this tiny university instead of this giant out-of-state university that is in the top 20 of the whole entire country. I have wanted to go to that school […]
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The school art class utilized all sorts of mediums for sculpting
When I decided to attend a liberal arts school down the road from my house, I thought I was making a sizable compromise, however i was going to this tiny school instead of this large out-of-state school that is in the top 20 of the whole entire country. I have wanted to go to that […]
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What kind of wire form is that?
People often ask you suppose you’re in our state I have heard girls referred to as tile houses. When I was in our forties, I often got that distinctive nickname, however not any more. Now, I would need a stainless steel form wire to get that distinction. My hubby chuckled when I told him this, […]
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How to use the wire tie coils
Do you remember the first time you fell in love? For me it was a girl named Grace, who was as weird from me as could be. The two of us were a real Romeo & Juliet type of couple. The two of us lived across the tracks from one another, metaphorically speaking. She had […]
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Looking at wire coils
Anyone who has cable TV, has entirely watched Forged in Fire, or at least heard about it. People use rebar, stainless steel wire coils, & any other type of metal they can find, to forge knives in a 1000 degree forge. My granddaughter saw the show & continued to watch it every day on Netflix. […]
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How did we find rebar
The home was a fixer-upper, & we knew that going in; Jessie & I had been yearning for a home of our own, so we could stop renting a tiny apartment, & we got our opportunity at a local property auction. For a fraction of what a home costs we were able to purchase a […]
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Our chicken could use some rebar
My family regularly kept chickens in the backyard. Just a dozen parakeets or so, enough to supply us with eggs & keep the yard looking well groomed. Eventually I decided that they deserved a chicken coop. This would be more convenient for the parakeets, help them supply more, & better, eggs, & allow us to […]
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Wire ties available
To me treasure comes in all shapes & sizes! A few weeks ago I was down in the southern end of the state, a few fourths from home, & I found the biggest treasure yet. When people hear the word “treasure” they no doubt conjure up mental images of gold & jewels. In the real […]
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A new normal
In our town, there is a big shortage of rebar & forming wire, & there has been for several weeks You can do things the normal way, or you can suppose outside the box. There is nothing wrong with being “normal” in fact that might be the easiest way to get ahead in life. Normal […]
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My construction job and wire ties
I got our beginning in the construction supplier when I was 13 & our Uncle Joe hired me to help him build a nuclear fallout shelter. These afternoons we would call it a bunker, however this was 30 years ago, when a lot of people were terrified about the eventuality of nuclear war. Looking back, […]