Good tidings and joy!
Today begins the Twelve Days of Tooltide and a new song for all woodworkers.
This song will lift you from post-holiday doldrums and carry you, all bright and shining, into the first week of the new year. As with the making of dovetails, dowels for a stick chair or deciding which finish to apply to a table, the singing of this song requires commitment. Remember to reward yourself with a full glass of your choice of good cheer.
Tools by M. Roubo, pollisoirs by Mr. Don Williams and mallets by M. Diderot.
You can also read a woodworking take on the original bird in the pear tree here.
–Suzanne Ellison
p.s. Thanks to the person who brought a handmade hummingbird to Handworks and gave it to Megan to pass along to me. The little bird is lovely!
p.p.s Thank you for the very kind comments to my story “The Long Night” published on Thursday. I was up to my elbows in flour all day trying to finish holiday baking and couldn’t break away to respond.
