So if you were there in San Jacinto, California in the shadow of the majestic San Jacinto Peak that you can see on a clear day you would know what happened. There at the Valley-Wide Recreation Park on Esplanade Ave was the Monday, May 20, 2013 meeting of the Ramona-Country Carvers. It was at 9:00 [...]
Outcast reporter
Outcast reporter 2 Well hello again, it’s the outcast reporter sending in one of my secret reports. Today I have actually transformed myself into a common house fly. I did this so I would not be noticed as I cover a meeting of one of the local artists clubs. I will be of course flying [...]
Saturday Mall 5-18-2013
Well another day of carving has come and gone for the mall carvers who meet on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at the Hemet Mall. One of the interesting things about carving where the public can actually come up and talk to you & actually feel and touch the wood art things. I am such a [...]
The new tool
Hello everyone, today I am reporting from the board meeting of a large tool manufacturing company. They are about to roll out the new innovations for their tools that all of the special departments and divisions have been working on. I feel that I am very fortunate to actually be here. Because you all know [...]
Two Handles
I have to tell you one of my favorite friends has 2 handles. What I am talking about is called a spoke shave. You can go look around the internet and you will find out that they have been around for a long time. They were used much like you would use a box-plane, but [...]
Turning the Pages
With the risk of making myself sound old, I have to admit that I like to actually turn pages of a magazine or newspaper. If course being a wood carver we have a lot of specific publications that are published each month to catch our attention. Many of your favorite places to buy them has [...]
Round Em Up
Well I fell through the door where the Ramona carvers were meeting. With the temperature supposed to be in the 90’s today in Hemet, California getting to the meeting early made some sense. With the assortment of tables & chairs complete with all different sizes and shapes of carvers I knew I was in the [...]
Monday Fun
Well just in case any of you are keeping score, Monday May the 13th I have been thinking of wandering over to the Ramona Carvers. Well I guess the technical name is actually Ramona-Country Carvers and if you click on the link it will take you to their spiffy web page. I do have to [...]
Finding the Missing
So as Mr. John and I were discussing this new wood art project, I discovered that much of my patterns, pictures and what I call support material is gone. I will have to recreate the wood patterns I used to make the horses. The custom wood stands a carver uses will again have to be [...]
The Back Ground
So a lot of people ask me just why did I start carving? Well it actually started when I was just a child. Okay I know that sounds like on of the “oh yea” type of statements, but it was actually true. So sit down and be comfortable and I will tell you the chain [...]
















