My first memorable “little lady” experience was in high school. I already knew how to cook and sew, so when I had to choose a “practical” elective I convinced the school to let me take night classes in wood shop and auto shop. Lesson one was changing the oil. I took the cap off the [...]
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Adventures in wood, part 2, or, please don’t “little lady” your female customers lest they come after you with that wire brush
Posted in Building, Designing, Random Thoughts, tagged Anderson's Alternatives, black walnut, little lady, marine spar varnish, refinish wood on February 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Adventures in wood, part 1
Posted in Designing, Shopping, tagged Anderson's Alternatives, Kitchen design, Russian River Schoolhouse on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Memorial Day weekend is a family tradition. My three sisters and I, along with various members of our evolving family configuration, rent a house somewhere on the California coast. We did Stinson for a couple of years, but now that my sister Sally lives in Arcata, we try to head a little further north. As [...]


