Over the years of going to the workshop to design, cut, plane, straighten, drill and mortise, rout, sand, glue, assemble, and finish whatever project I am working on, I virtually always make a mistake or have an unfortunate slip-up in the process. With wood this eventuality is inevitable in the non-production home shop, at leastContinue reading “Glorious Mistakes”
Category Archives: Boy Scouts
The Joy of Paddling
One of my fondest memories of Boy Scouts were our canoe trips. The Kinchafoonee Creek near Albany was a local canoe outing and swimming spot for us, but two other trips were particularly memorable. The first was a “fifty-miler,” a trip taken over several days of hiking or paddling that covered at least (you guessedContinue reading “The Joy of Paddling”
On my honor …
When my family moved to Albany, Georgia, in the summer of 1969, I was between second and third grade. Although my dad had never been in Boy Scouts, he thought it would be a good fit for me, so my parents signed me up for the local Cub Scout pack at Sherwood Baptist Church. IContinue reading “On my honor …”
R Jackson Painter, PhD 