Name three cigarettes and whistle twice.

“Name three cigarettes and whistle twice!” That’s what you had to do in my boyhood if you burped and wanted those around you, friends or otherwise, to desist from pounding your arm to pulp.

It was remarkably difficult to do in the midst of real pain and crippling laughter. I developed a stock phrase […]

Everlasting Camelia Oil

My bottle of camellia oil will last beyond my remaining woodworking years. I’m using it right after honing irons and chisels which have been in contact with soapy water. The area to be covered is so small that any spraying is over-spraying.

However, one measly spritz into the cap followed by a swab […]