Tag: manual labor
Not Vanity
I worked alongside Dad many times. I have also worked alongside other men and women with a disposition towards work like my father’s. They do their labor with skill, creativity, and energy. They rightly earn trust as one to call upon for help with physical jobs.
The Allure of Old Tools and Vintage Machinery: Memory, Meaning, and...
Building or re-building things taps into deep and elemental desires embedded in the human experience that in some shadowed sense mimic the Creator.
Ecce Hortus: A Dispatch from Dumb-Ass Acres
Put in a garden and watch it come to life.
The Gift of Good Work
What if every day was given to rest, eating, and relaxation?
The Neighborly Arts
The neighborly arts begin at home, extend outward in service to others, and return in the form of gratitude, friendships, and commitments born of practical skills shared and received.