Wizened After the Fall

Putative truths, fanciful theories, not very credible inferences, and sundry episodes in this American's life

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Chair-making as Ritual at a Folk School Retreat

Recently I discovered that I could make a chair frame by splitting a round red oak log into square chair parts, “riding a shaving hors...

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dldeprez: Raised a military dependent, attended three high schools; matriculated at Oregon State, falling in love with misty coniferous forests; started backpacking in the Sierra at 14; perennial student, finally graduating with degrees in Botany, Religious Studies, and Science Education; perennial collector of free graduate credit offered to teachers; taught in Oregon, California, and Illinois; son 19, daughter 24; teacher of science, the organizing principle being that matter interacts within systems of varying scale, which cycle and recycle matter as energy passes through them

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