Hello societas - glad to find this pod. I collect and restore hand tools, mostly wooden planes and chisels from flea markets, and document the process of bringing them back to work. Sharpening is meditation; rust removal is cardio.

Work days I teach high school woodshop, which means I get paid to share the thing I love. Nights and weekends are for my own projects: a cedar garden bench this month, kitchen knives next.

Also into chess by mail, old maps, and identifying trees on my street. If you post about craftsmanship, teaching, or making things last, I would love to follow along.

#introduction #handtools #restoration #woodworking #teaching

No matter how noble the goal, you can't stand in awe of it. You've got to treat it irreverently enough to know intuitively it is achieveable.

http://www.notzen.net/2013/01/not-zen-43-contempt-needed.html

#zen #notzen #buddhism #taoism #teaching #learning

Maybe you showed someone the way, once. But that's not all the guidance needed. Your job isn't done.

http://www.notzen.net/2012/12/not-zen-36-nature-of-job.html

#taoism #teaching #notzen #parenting #guidance