Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Friday Wisdom – Quilting

Posted on 06/07/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

Today was our monthly quilting gathering at the church. Here’s some of what I know about quilting: I had to send my sewing machine to therapy. It had too many tension issues. Sewing: The fabric of my life. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in wisdom | Tagged crafts, humor, quilt, quilting, quilting jokes, quilts, sewing, wisdom | 19 Comments

As The Music Plays #13 — Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Posted on 06/02/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

This is a series of posts about the music I listen to while writing. This time I’m back to a Simon and Garfunkel song — Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Paul Simon is among my favorite song writers, poets, musicians and … Continue reading →

Posted in As the music plays | Tagged As the music plays, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Music, music to write by, paul-simon, Poetry, Simon and Garfunkel, simon-garfunkel, writing | 17 Comments

Friday Wisdom — Driving

Posted on 05/31/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

This week I drove to visit my brothers. Here’s everything I know about driving: When is a door not a not? When it’s ajar. Don’t run behind a car, you’ll get exhausted and don’t run in front of a car … Continue reading →

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21 Guns

Posted on 05/27/2024 by Andrew Reynolds

Twenty-one Guns The tour bus rumbles pastthe quiet monuments to the fallen.Shutters click as the tour guidespeaks the litany of the shrine,that once was the Lee estate.Now it is that hallowed groundwhere solders come for that long rest. The Quick rumble past … Continue reading →