Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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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.

Too Hot

Posted on 08/16/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

It doesn’t happen here that often, but the temperature hit 103 here today.  That’s hot for my city.  There is no A/C in my house so we’re avoiding heat generating activities like computers, ovens, thinking… So, I am just going … Continue reading →

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Music of My Life

Posted on 08/09/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

Kris over at the 1951 Club nominated me for a little tag challenge.  The task is to name 16 “Albums that changed your view of Music.” Well, in my youth I never bought music albums.  It wasn’t until CDs came … Continue reading →

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Last Day

Posted on 08/02/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

4:30 am and the alarm sounds. My hand finds the clock and the bed room falls into silence. I sit up as the cat complains about the hour. In the darkness my hand finds my bathrobe as I make my … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Woodworking at Camp Gran

Posted on 07/29/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

We’ve had a couple of heatwaves here at Camp Gran so we haven’t been out in the shop as much as in past years, but we’ve managed one project: Paddle Boats! The boat is made from a pine board we … Continue reading →

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