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.

The Woods

Posted on 08/31/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

At the trail head feet go on boots, and the mind is heavy with the world, and up the trail trudge. The boots carry burdens unseen, and unknown to the people of the forest, the hawk, deer, grass and tree. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiking, Poems | Tagged forest, hiking, poem, Poetry | 2 Comments

Heart Beats

Posted on 08/24/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

Heart beats Lungs breathe Blood flows Life Breath interrupted Touched by pain Frightened by visions of death The mind reals Where is strength? The body fails The soul seeks comfort The monitor above the bed speaks its warning Then a … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Health, Poems | Tagged illness, poem, Poetry | Comments Off

Wednesday Woodworking – Shop projects

Posted on 08/20/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

This week I got started on the shop projects. After the kitten attack and moving most of my shop outside (stuff to be trashed is in the driveway, stuff to save is in the side yard), I’ve started work on … Continue reading →

Posted in woodworking | Tagged pull out shelves, shop projects, storage projects, woodworking | 8 Comments

Conversations

Posted on 08/17/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

Today is one of those days where I’ve got about five things I could write about so I asked Heather for her input on today’s topic. She produced a list of questions and this was on the top of the … Continue reading →