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A Conversation with Fay Butler, Metal Shaper
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing world-renowned metal shaper Fay Butler, who lives and works in Hardwick, a small town in Central Massachusetts. Oddly enough, I met him in an ice cream b...
(Photo: Gregor Halenda and his son, Lucas, making tools in Gregor’s metal shop.) History is important for many reasons. It is knowledge passed on from one generation to the next. It is to recogni...
The Farm-to-Brewery Evolution of Carter & Stevens Farm
The iconic, 10,000-pound stone cow sculpture, in front of the Stone Cow Brewery at Carter & Stevens Farm in Barre, Mass. After Phil Stevens’ barn in Barre, Mass. burned down, a neighboring...
I am well into my baby-boom years. And as I look back on many past decades – all the way back to those very early days – I think on what was important, and not important, in my development as a per...
When people think of exercise, most picture indoor places, like the gym, in-home exercise treadmills, and sweaty yoga studios. But this is a fairly recent mindset. If we go back to our roots, “work...
Curved knives for spoon carving can be difficult to store and protect. My friend Michelle sent me a picture of a knife sheath that she hoped to emulate for her carving knives. Although she’s alread...
