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Love the story - love the table(s). Hi Dennis! Such remarkable talent and craftsmanship!

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Walter,

Oh my goodness what a treat thank you for sharing your personal stories and insights and while I find it fascinating I think it might be inspiring actually for Regine as she is created so much with so little so often. I'm still trying to inspire her to build musical instruments which she's not yet moved to do but perhaps another day... We actually attended a class in North Carolina John C. Campbell school where they build a banjo from native materials (regine actually attended earlier class where she went into the woods and helped out a bunch of small trees and created a delightful large chair and stool for me to sit in and play music that resides currently in our home in North Carolina). and then the Director suggested we can teach you how to play the next week and if you don't like to play the Banjo we will teach you how to make a potted plant out of the Banjo itself. We would like to invite you guys to dinner now it's the new year has clicked into 2024 and for at least 24 hours we're back from Cuba (came back last night at 9 o'clock) so let us know your availability over the next several weeks... Tim

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Great story. Had a boyfriend who was a woodworker for awhile who made me a beautiful table, a dulcimer and a bed. Creative wood working is an art. The table disappeared when we broke up but I still have the others.

I remember seeing this table at your house, and how beautiful it was.

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exhausted me just reading about it!! but you know I have connections with several Indigenous street-based carvers here in Vancouver. They always have their eyes open for old red cedar, like what can be found in old cottages or small houses that are at least 100 years old. It's found in the interior walls, holding up weather-proofing (sorry, don't know the terminology). when they find that -- and a couple of pals who patrol teardowns for condos -- they treasure it. Just for small feathers they carve, to sell to tourists, mostly. they love the tight, fine grain, from the big, old trees and their lumber. So-- you share a passion with woodworkers here.

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Yes, old growth wood is not a renewable resource, at least not in our lifetimes.

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The table is a beauty. I didn't realize you used such complicated joinery. Good job.

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It wasn't complicated on purpose. It kind of grew.

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"Veni, vidi, vici" comes to mind. A stunning work of form, function and frugality and a beautifully crafted story to match. Thanks for the memories!

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