Why I Don’t Call It a Trend Where I live half the year, there’s no grid to tie into. Not unless you’re ready to fork out a fortune for a dozen poles and a trench the length of a football field. So solar isn’t a
When old wood meets new light I bought a house most people wouldn’t touch. Not because I’m reckless, but because I saw something still alive under the dust and cracked siding. Back in 2016, I was working contracts in the mountains of Gifu, and the
What Happens When You Wrap a Rope If you’ve ever wrapped a rope around a tree stump to stop a boat, you already know belt friction—whether or not you’ve heard the name. It’s what makes it possible for a skinny rope to hold back a
What in a Chisel is More than Just Steel You can tell a lot about someone’s relationship to their work by the way they handle a chisel. It’s one of those tools that never lies. You can’t fake precision, patience, or care when you’re guiding
