I’m a bit concerned about how tariffs imposed on imports might affect woodworking businesses.

I’ve been getting more and more frustrated in my attempts to find people who know how to work.

I have always tried to maintain a positive outlook. Even when things get difficult, it’s not impossible to envision things improving. But these days, I’m finding that it is taking a lot more mental energy to combat the negative energy that seems to be pervading everything.

It’s not unusual or unreasonable for people to want something unique. We are not all the same and that’s a good thing.

The biggest conversation going right now is related to how we treat others. The current focus is on how men in positions of power treat women.

I have a lot of pieces of wood that are too good to throw away but too small to really be useful. We sometimes call pieces like this scrap, but I have always maintained that there is no such thing as scrap.

Technology has been creeping into how we do business for a long time now. Obviously, CNC machines have taken on an increasing role in cutting, milling, shaping, carving, etc. And hand-held tools like routers and sanders are a lot smarter than used to be.

It seems like the cost of everything associated with doing business is rising. But the one the thing that is actually going down and going down dramatically is advertising.

For some reason I’m having a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that it’s 2018.