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.

Routine Shift

Posted on 01/24/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

“Variety is the spice of life, but routine is the essence of life.” This is a quote from Joe, a recovering alcoholic I knew in my teen years. He was an interesting man and I learned much about life from … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Health, Writing | Tagged changes, CPAP, routine, writing, writing routine | 34 Comments

Friday Wisdom – Quitting

Posted on 01/22/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

If winners never quit and quitters never win, what fool came up with, “quit while you’re ahead.” More wisdom next week, Andrew

Posted in General | Tagged humor, wisdom | 26 Comments

Wednesday Woodworking – Marquetry on a Shaker Oval Box

Posted on 01/20/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Since I’ve had restrict my walking around the last week, I went back to my marquetry bench and starting working on my next project. This will use a bird that Heather drew for me and I wanted to do a … Continue reading →

Posted in Marquetry, woodworking | Tagged Marquetry, marquetry on shaker oval box, shaker oval box, woodworking | 29 Comments

From Sore Foot to CPAP

Posted on 01/17/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Have you ever had a week that just went from weird to surreal? I’m in one of those now. It started out with my foot hurting and ended with me being diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. In between there were … Continue reading →