Woods Roamer

S ome years back I ran into a testy fellow at a bookstore who snapped at me when I made a comment about summer.   The month was May and...

If we were practical sorts we’d think on knives as just another tool.    Of course, just about any knife works in the wilds if necessity di...

It’s good to be back after two months working on another writing project.   More on that later but during this hiatus I found time to make ...

Life Along the South Texas Sand Sheet Not far from here a lady named Adela has a garden.   Now and then I’ll visit the garden and...

Gourds have been used as containers of various sorts for centuries.  But the idea of a coffee maker made from a gourd came to me after ...

My son, Matthew, asked me to make him a new knife and after drawing several designs on a piece of paper he said, “I like the way the be...

Mora knives are inexpensive but they’re not cheap.   While you can buy a Mora knife for well under $20 they are of superior quality made fr...