Monthly Archives: July 2008
History of the handsaw
Thirty Years!
Today is mia_mcdavid‘s and my 30th wedding anniversary. 30 years, and now better than ever!
Enforced virtue
I got up a little late this morning and was planning to drive to the park-and-ride. However, the Escort would not start, and I had to leave the Focus for mia_mcdavid.
When four wheels are not available two must suffice. I rode my bike.
New friends
Íomhá án lae. She and her husband came to Winona from the Chicago suburbs. With them came another Chicagoan, a retired professor from Roosevelt University who lives in Edgewater, two El stops south of where mia_mcdavid and I lived during the first nine years of our marriage. All three were in the advanced class.
Irish workshop–Saturday night and Sunday
Irish workshop–Saturday morning and afternoon
Irish Workshop — Friday night
In Winona
For Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s weekend workshop. Different dorm from last year, but still with wifi.
A Period Swiss Army knife/Leatherman
See Princely Splendour: The Dresden Court 1580~1620. Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and see

Folding Multipurpose Tool, Nuremberg, c.1560-70. Continue reading