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A few days ago, I got an email from Mark Williams wondering where the heck I've been. He he. Well, I've never been too good in the memory department so I forgot to respond to his email. Sorry about that Mark. But the more I thought about it the more compelled I was to come here and see what's been going on since I was last here. I didn't leave the forum or anything spectacular like that. I just drifted away because I haven't been messing with the knife making much at all in the past year or so.
Mark had mentioned something about a thread going here that had other people wondering what had become of me as well. So I did a search and couldn't find it. But while I was searching I pulled up some old stuff from the archives and spent a good while just re-reading some of the shenannigans I've pulled in the past here. I feel remorse for having missed out on so much in the past year or so. But my directions in life have changed for now and I've been dealing with that. Life is full of changes, and there are those in store for us that we can't change no matter how hard we try. No, I'm not finished with knifemaking for good. I've just set it aside so I can fulfill some other ambitions that have nagging at my concience for more years than I care to tell. Sawmilling is the big one.
I broke myself in real good this past spring and summer. I worked so hard at it that I lost over 20 pounds. I worked myself into a frazzled pile of skin and bones. Then my tractor broke down and I've been taking a break from any kind of 'job' at all while I work on this run-down homestead I live on. Life is a continuous set of cycles and circumstances and I've come to accept the fact that I'll know what to do when the time is right for me to do it. Or not.
Anyway, thanks for the reminder Mark. I've left an awful big piece of myself here on this forum and I have no regrets for it. I'm sure the future holds more knifemaking for me. But I had to set it aside because I lost the compulsion to make knives. I lost that burning desire and drive that kept me going for several years. And I felt I would do the knifemaking community a dis-service if I continued to work at it when my heart was no longer in it. God bless all you fine folks who think of me from time to time. My life is much richer for the experiences I've had here and I know without a doubt that there are more in store for me in the years to come.
Mark had mentioned something about a thread going here that had other people wondering what had become of me as well. So I did a search and couldn't find it. But while I was searching I pulled up some old stuff from the archives and spent a good while just re-reading some of the shenannigans I've pulled in the past here. I feel remorse for having missed out on so much in the past year or so. But my directions in life have changed for now and I've been dealing with that. Life is full of changes, and there are those in store for us that we can't change no matter how hard we try. No, I'm not finished with knifemaking for good. I've just set it aside so I can fulfill some other ambitions that have nagging at my concience for more years than I care to tell. Sawmilling is the big one.
I broke myself in real good this past spring and summer. I worked so hard at it that I lost over 20 pounds. I worked myself into a frazzled pile of skin and bones. Then my tractor broke down and I've been taking a break from any kind of 'job' at all while I work on this run-down homestead I live on. Life is a continuous set of cycles and circumstances and I've come to accept the fact that I'll know what to do when the time is right for me to do it. Or not.
Anyway, thanks for the reminder Mark. I've left an awful big piece of myself here on this forum and I have no regrets for it. I'm sure the future holds more knifemaking for me. But I had to set it aside because I lost the compulsion to make knives. I lost that burning desire and drive that kept me going for several years. And I felt I would do the knifemaking community a dis-service if I continued to work at it when my heart was no longer in it. God bless all you fine folks who think of me from time to time. My life is much richer for the experiences I've had here and I know without a doubt that there are more in store for me in the years to come.
