I've had two woodworking classes so far. Last week we choose wood for our project and then began to get it ready. I spent some time on the jointer so I feel relatively comfortable with that. There was only a little time for the planer and one of the saws so I definitely need more experience with them! It'll probably take me the entire class - 10 sessions - before I really feel comfortable with all the various basic tools. I'm sure I won't get to some of the fancier tools this time around. This picture shows the wood I selected - after it has been through the jointer and the planer. Next class I plan to saw it into usable pieces.
I'm reading Sacred Games, a novel of a policeman in India - 900 pages!! The sheer size of the book is rather overwhelming and the pages have small print but I am really enjoying it. Of course I'm only at about page 100 so I'm hoping it holds up throughout. I haven't read anything of Vikram Chandra before but I am happy to see that he does have other books.
The cold weather lately has inspired me to make soups - lots of soups. We've had lentil, vegetable bean, black bean, and today it's potato corn chowder. Nothing like a nice hot homemade soup on a winter's day!
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