I had made some half-hearted attempts to start toward "wood working" last year, but nothing came of it. The main hang-up was some time before my half-start I had heard about this great system of modular design, and that was really all I was interesting in learning about when I set my goal to have "intermediate skill" in woodworking -- I wanted to be able to build bookshelves and work benches and the like. However, I had lost the name of the system and could not find relocate where I had read about it in spite of several attempts.
Well, I finally stumbled upon the term, and I think I may never be looking back.
It is called Grid Beam. I am going to make a winter Solstice gift for myself out of the book How to Build With Grid Beam. With that I should be able to gumption-up to get my projects started, including, I think, a windmill.
There's an old video which gives some context for the process, and there are just so many thought-and-emotion provoking images of what is possible to made 3-D lived spaces.
Bonus
Jacob at Early Retirement Extreme on bootstrapping tools. This is something I am very interested in as I keep moving to be a resilient Renaissance Man, but it is for more motivating to build some *big* stuff first. And so that's where I will start.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Monthly Update -- October
Mind
The biggest thing is still working on Spanish. Early in the month, I started working more on watching videos in Spanish.
I must confess I've down less reading in Spanish and more listening to Spanish and vocabulary study. I certainly will not be hitting a million words by New Years. That would have wrecked my life.
Spirit
I saw once again how easy it is go too hard after a goal. To me the largest part of "spirit" is balance. October gives some of the truly perfect days of the year, and to not enjoy them borders on a sin.
Body
A great deal of walking. Usually listening to Spanish audio recorded while I watch videos.
The biggest thing is still working on Spanish. Early in the month, I started working more on watching videos in Spanish.
I must confess I've down less reading in Spanish and more listening to Spanish and vocabulary study. I certainly will not be hitting a million words by New Years. That would have wrecked my life.
Spirit
I saw once again how easy it is go too hard after a goal. To me the largest part of "spirit" is balance. October gives some of the truly perfect days of the year, and to not enjoy them borders on a sin.
Body
A great deal of walking. Usually listening to Spanish audio recorded while I watch videos.
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