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A Few Must Have Treats For Camping

by Bill Thomas December 09, 2019

Island camping in Maine and the "must have" hammocks. Here are a few unexpectedly useful pieces of cruising/camping gear. These days most of my ...

Posted in camping, firepits, leave no trace

by Bill Thomas January 12, 2019

January 12, 2019 When I teach boatbuilding and woodworking classes I send the students a tool list to help prepare them for the project and the ...

Posted in boatbuilding, classes, tools, woodworking, woodworking classes

by Bill Thomas February 14, 2017

Here's the shop safely tucked in after a big February storm. This is the time of year when I always seem to struggle to overcome a lack of momentu...

Posted in catching up, Reflections, winter, woodworking

by Bill Thomas December 12, 2016

An early morning outing on a local pond This blog page was started as a way to share the projects I’m working on and hopefully to generate inter...

Posted in bikes, classes, Reflections

by Bill Thomas February 21, 2016

I make it a point to spend time outside each Sunday. Here’s a frozen brook in the woods behind the house. This time of year finding balance in...

Posted in Reflections, winter

by Bill Thomas January 31, 2016

After the pace of summer, deep winter can feel very restful. The shorter and quieter days encourage a thoughtfulness that the long days of summe...

Posted in catching up, Reflections, winter, woodworking

by Bill Thomas August 25, 2015

This summer came in slow and it’s still behind schedule. The end of August brought our hottest days, the kind we usually get in July, if they hap...

Posted in bikes, boatbuilding, classes, woodworking

by Bill Thomas June 21, 2015

Catspaw Dinghy It’s a rainy day and I’m breaking my rule and working in the shop and at my desk. “If you work Sunday’s then Mondays just another ...

Posted in bikes, classes, woodworking

by Bill Thomas May 08, 2015

Building Pygmy Kayak’s Pinguino design in my shop Spring is here, the days are sunny with temperatures in the in the 70’s, flowers are starti...

Posted in bikes, boatbuilding, classes, woodworking

by Bill Thomas April 20, 2015

Getting started on the kitchen Last week saw two projects moving closer to completion. We did the tear out of our old kitchen (what a mess) an...

Posted in bikes, woodworking

by Bill Thomas April 04, 2015

shop projects Spring is a bit slow coming in this year, but the longer days do make it easier to spend more time working in the shop and they o...

Posted in boatbuilding, woodworking

by Bill Thomas March 17, 2015

A new kind of project. Earlier this winter, before December’s frost, ice, and dustings of snow had morphed into the more than four feet still pil...

Posted in classes, woodworking