One Man’s Mess

Tonight, I have a task. I am going into my shop with the goal of getting it cleaned up. Now “clean” is, of course, a relative term. For example, after I am done cleaning the kitchen, I sometimes hear deep sighs from my wife. My guess is that they are not sighs of happiness. Just guessing.

It is my goal to have the place spruced up in an hour or two this evening. A couple of problems with that timetable that I am sure to confront are the disposition of certain pieces of wood and where to store important items that currently have no home. Sometimes, I need to build a place to store said items and that creates its own set of challenges, including the mess that the new construction causes.

But still, a journey never started is never completed. Wish me luck.

Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal

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