I’m at the halfway point of the poetry seminary I’m taking. It’s consuming more of my time than I expected so I’ve not been very active here.
I have had some time at the scroll saw and here’s where I am on that:
and those are my feet as I didn’t frame this correctly. I think have about 7 hours left of work. I’ve been finding that I can cut about one inch of pattern per hour or about 10 holes.
I’ve started my next poetry collection and have six poems at first draft stage. The plan is to write 20-40 poems. I do have some older poems that I might rewrite for this collection. Here’s a fragment of one I’m working on:
Stand in the meadow,
in an afternoon wind,
on the bridge between,
turn your head to hear the whooshing
hollow air of memory.
Breath in thin clean air,
but close your eyes
so you don’t see the fly fishermen
and remember that grandfather
died before you could learn to cast a line through air.
Well, that’s it for this week. If you need me, the cat is asking for treats and I’ll be in the kitchen.
Andrew's View of the Week 
God bless ❤️
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An inch of progress an hour – that’s a new way of looking at things. My LEGO project is coming together at just about the same pace. I never look ahead else the thought of what’s yet to be finished might overwhelm me!
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I work best with achievable milestones — sorry corporate speak slipped out here. 😉
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Beautiful words and beautiful scrollwork, Andrew!
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Thanks!
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The cross is amazing and the poem is beautiful, but I noticed ‘breath’ should be ‘breathe.’ 🙂 Good luck on your collection!
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I do like making this cross. I have 10 draft poems — now it’s time to edit.
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Ten holes per hour. Wow. That is a labor of love. It’s fun to see it coming along, though!
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It is a labor, but I do like the way it’s going.
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Okay. It’s a labor of like then. 🙂
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You’re brave to calculate the “one inch per hour” – I’d be afraid to be overwhelmed by such an exacting project of that size. It’s looking wonderful! I love your poem snippet, too – very evocative and heart-tugging.
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The only way I can do a big project like this is to cut it down into chunks and often it’s not an inch an hour — especially when blades are breaking.
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When I first started working with my scroll saw, I thought I must be doing something wrong when the blades occasionally broke. Thanks to you, I now realize broken blades are inevitable. (Still annoying, though!) 😉
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I figure the occasional broken blade is a sign that you’re working on a scroll saw.
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The cross looks good. I can imagine how much time it must be taking. The poem is nice and brings back memories.
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Thanks. It does take some time to do.
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That cross is turning out even more beautiful than I’d imagined. And your poem evokes so many memories of summer vacations up in the mountains a bit south of Estes Park, CO. The fly fisherman was my dad, not my grandfather. And he did teach me to cast, although I spend most of my time trying to get my line untangled from the trees.
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My mother did try to teach me to fish once, but neither of us were drawn to it so that didn’t last. She did however find a restaurant that did the best grilled trout.
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Both are good.
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Thanks!
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It’s a very nice poem Andrew, you just need to change breath to breathe (sorry, I’m an editor)
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and you know, two of my other editors missed that — including me. 😉
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It is looking wonderful!
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Thanks!
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What a lot of work.
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It is!
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That cross is magnificent!
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Thanks!
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That scroll work is very exacting!! Phew.
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It is!
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Looking forward to more poems!
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I’m working on more.
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The cross is looking fantastic, great poem too.
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Thanks!
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