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Write: Who Am I in 2023?
No, I don’t have amnesia, but part of this idea of writing for the year is to explore who I am at this time in my life. But, that can get a bit navel gaze-y, especially since it’s me both Read more
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Write: Year of Writing – 2023
Back in 2013, I set a goal to write weekly for a year. Mostly as an exercise in setting and keeping a goal, but also as a way to produce something that would capture who I was and where I Read more
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Paying It Forward
A few weeks ago, a mother reached out on behalf of her son who was working on a group project for school and wanted to create a prop bottle of nitroglycerin as part of the project. She asked if I Read more
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Make: A Bust!
I’m sure this happens to everyone. You are sitting alone, thinking thoughts or you are still in bed and your mind wanders and your mind says, “Hey! You know what you need? You need a life-sized bust of your head! Read more
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Make: Thor Statue!
It turns out my brother is a big fan of Thor. Did not know this. But, that’s cool! It gave me an idea to do something unique for him for his birthday this year. So, I decided I was going Read more
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Make: Fake Folks and Fortunes
The weather is getting nasty around here, so the opportunity for outside projects decreases in inverse proportion to the increasing rain. This means it’s time to start on some other projects for a while. As it turns out, I’d been Read more
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Make: Ghostbusters Costume!
Since I was a kid, I loved movies and I loved monsters and fantasy and science fiction. I loved how they looked and how they made me feel, whether it was scary or funny or exhilarating, it made me feel Read more
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Make: Halloween Decorations!
This year I made a couple of Halloween Decorations to add to our collection. One was a project I found on YouTube and the other was completely out of my own imagination. Both made me happy and were fun projects Read more
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Make: Holiday Pumpkins!
My lovely wife was visiting with a family friend and I wandered through the room and one of them asked, “Could you make something like this?” and showed me a picture of something off Pinterest. I looked at it and Read more
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Make: Eddie Bot
Some months ago, I ran across a robot that I thought looked cool that would be fun to paint. The name of the artist is Paul Braddock. Initially I found him here. But, it’s a resin model that isn’t available Read more
