No matter how long we live, we soon find out that our wanting to be successful is predicated on help from others. Like the flip sides of the same coin, nature and nurture seemed to play an equal part.
How to Find Your Voice
Then I learned something else. As jazz saxophonist great, Charlie Parker, said, “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” What… you mean I have to actually be this stuff?
Faith in Cancer
I, on horseback, ran into it – as it, with its dark foreboding message, surrounded me. It was after me, it wanted desperately to take me.
Concrete Creations: Concrete Planters
It’s been too long since my last post on this subject. I have 3 or 4 lined up but have not had the time to dig into them. I thought I would get back into it with a post on how to make concrete planters.
This Time of the Year
I don’t know how to help the man in a hurry to shop for his holiday gifts, but I hope this article inspires at least one of you to recognize what is valuable – life.
Concrete Creations: Water Feature Ideas
As promised, here are some photos of some of the concrete water fountain features I have in mind.
Concrete Creations: Making Styrofoam Cavities
When I pour concrete shapes, I will often use a Styrofoam block to form the cavity. Cutting Styrofoam cleanly is not easy. Based on a few designs I saw on YouTube, I made a hot wire cutter that does indeed cut like a hot knife through butter!
Concrete Creations: Christmas Presents!
Many years ago, when I was in my 20’s, I decided to make some of the Christmas presents I would give to my family. This year, I decided to revisit some of that fun and use my configurable mold to create some concrete gifts for friends and family.
Concrete Creations: A Configurable Mold!
In this post, I share how I created a configurable mold that lets me make concrete pots and concrete troughs in a variety of shapes and sizes quickly and easily!
Concrete Creations: upside-down or right-side-up?
Having succeeded in creating items with thinner walls, I started looking for ways to end up with smooth edges, without sanding. With a bit of inspiration from a talented artist, I came up with the first version of my adaptable mold that features a silicone cookie sheet!