It would be pointless to try to describe myself here in words. I've tried it before~ you know, blogs and all that. That didn't work for me. You may be more interested in what I do: Draw, for example. Paint. Make things. Fix things, like old mortise locks. That's one of the things I used to do at Seattle Building Salvage, when I wasn't restoring woodwork or stained glass. This year I plan to have at least one project going at all times, which I'll describe on this page as the details coalesce. In fact If that keeps up I'll have to start another blog.

From my late teens into my early thirties I was a serial career-hopper. I've worked as a bicycle mechanic, a baker, a professional popcorn popper, a commerical fisherman, a housepainter, an electronics manufacturer, a produce guy at a couple of natural foods groceries, and, as I mentioned above, a restorationist.

Feel free to take a look at the source on this page. I did this whole website in raw bare-bones HTML, the kind they used back in the days of dial-up. Not because I know a lot about interwebs or anything, but because I'm always curious about the inner workings of things, about the nuts and bolts and rotors and cams that make it all go. Like anyone in their right mind I plan to bring myself up to date on website-building, but like an early 20th-century farmer getting ready to hook up an internal- combustion engine where the waterwheel shaft used to go, I'm reluctant to abandon what seems simple and natural until I can embrace the challenge of learning how to use new, more effective tools.


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