I make no excuses for my lack of posts as of late. Life at times gets in the way of even the most die hard writers and I am most certainly not a die hard writer, so you can only imagine the distractions that I let draw me away. However the latest is big enough that I thought it time to lay it out for my clients and readers.

The short story is simply that Kristina and I have both accepted new positions within our day jobs that are going to spirit us away from the desert and drop us back home in the mountains (exactly where our long term goals were heading). However the downside to this transition is more likely than not, a sabbatical of sorts, away from woodworking. It's not that I don't want to continue down the path of enlightenment that is woodworking, but more to the fact that right now our lives are fairly upside down and we're not counting on shop/work space in the immediate future. Unfortunately the workshop is one of those needs that for us in the short term, is one we can shed in order to get our lives on the correct path and will pick back up as soon as possible.

So to those fellow woodworking friends, I'm still here and will be greedily spying on your work and wishing I was in the shop with you.

For those of you who have believed in me as your artisan and craftsman, I thank you and assure you that I will be back to producing those items you are looking for and wanting to commission; hopefully sooner than later.

The bigger question, at least in my mind is: What's going to happen with all the projects currently on the bench? Well...unfortunately those are going to have be packed away with the rest of the shop. My daily dovetail is going to have to hold at Day 143 as will several boxes I was in the midst of creating for a gallery presence. But all is not lost...this will honestly give me an interesting view on my current work vs. when I can finally pick it back up. Does it change during this sabbatical? Does it remain "gonzo" or become more focused and refined? What happens to my dovetail skills that were so hard won during the first 150ish daily dovetail? All questions I'm greatly anticipating finding the answer to...

I will be documenting the very quick pack up of my current space and will be posting that progress over the next few weeks...so if you're interested in the 3 ring circus that I'm sure this will be, stay tuned...