Awhile back in the break room, I mentioned a project from four years earlier and lamented that I could find no photos of that frame. One of the men said he had some photos at home and promised to go through them that night. The next morning when I walked into the break room I […]

If you are searching for land, here’s something to consider. Early in my teaching career I lived twenty or so miles due west of the school where I taught. Every morning I drove for half an hour pretty much directly into the sun, and in the late afternoon, the same thing. On bright days even […]

Often, maybe not every time, mistakes, errors and screw-ups can be a blessing. About two decades ago we did our first valley system timber frame. The frame was also our largest, most complex work to date. I worried that valley system to death, but in the end it worked out beautifully. What didn’t work out […]