Mark LoveMar 272 minRead Write Do, Day 8Read This Keeping Quiet Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any ...
Mark LoveMar 261 minRead Write Do, Day 7Read This Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. -Alphonse Karr Write About Th...
Mark LoveMar 251 minWhy Are We Waiting?Why are we waiting? We are waiting for those who have the disease to fight their fights all the way to the end. We are waiting for the vi...
Mark LoveMar 231 minRead Write Do, Day 6Read This “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops - at all ~Emily...
Mark LoveMar 221 minRead Write Do, Day 5Read This The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~Lao Tzu The only thing we know for sure about the future is that it will...
Mark LoveMar 191 minRead Write Do, Day 4Read This Your mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and ...
Mark LoveMar 181 minRead Write Do, Day 3Read This Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your frie...
Mark LoveMar 171 minRead Write Do, Day 2Read This Be so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. ~ Lady Bird Johnson Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that ...
Mark LoveMar 162 minRead Write Do, Day 1Read This Pandemic a poem by Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Ce...
Mark LoveMar 152 minRead Write DoWe're at home now. We don't know for how long. We don't know what it will be like. We've never done this before. What we DO know is that ...
Mark LoveMar 135 minAnd Now We Wait: Keeping Sane In our "Cancel Everything" World (advice from my Seattleite friends)Prepped and ready. Toilet paper and cans of beans, hand soap and pasta, paper towels and bags of chips. Here we go. But where are we goin...
Mark LoveMar 72 minUnderstanding Wood (and also other things)“Wood evolved as a functional tissue of plants and not as a material designed to satisfy the needs of woodworkers.”* And yet we woodworke...
Mark LoveFeb 182 minVulnerability and GrowthIf you want to build a log cabin out of slick, clean logs, you should harvest the trees in the summer, during the growing season. But if ...
Mark LoveNov 18, 20198 minI Deserve BetterFor some people the hardest thing to say is “I love you.” For others it’s “I’m sorry.” The most difficult words for me are “This is what ...
Mark LoveNov 11, 20193 minBe QuietSound affects me. And so it affects my work. There is a moment in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance when the narrator takes his b...
Mark LoveNov 4, 20197 minWhy Can't I Forgive Myself?“It’s not going to go,” Michael said. His face was hidden on the other side of the giant wardrobe. I was left to judge his mood from his ...
Mark LoveOct 29, 20197 minThe Healing Power of Making Stuff."The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place o...
Mark LoveOct 21, 20195 minHave I Wasted My Life?If you visit my wood shop and look around for a while, you'll probably notice them, and you'll probably say something. Something like, "W...
Mark LoveOct 9, 20192 minRhythmWorking wood is always a rhythm. The mallet strikes the chisel, then raises up, then strikes it again. The hand plane sweeps the board, p...
Mark LoveOct 17, 20187 minSeven Ways My Life Is Better Since Deciding I'm Not So Sure About GodI revisit The Missing Piece regularly, ever since a friend gave me the little book two decades ago. I see myself in the story. The little...