Just to let you all know I didn’t fall off the planet. I’ve been in Northern California for 3 months now and just when things were getting smooth all the fires started down South. 6 month ago I was commuting from Southern California to Northern now I’m doing it in reverse. So from my temporary office in my friend’s dining room in Murrieta California I am preparing to view the first of many total loss fires.
As I said in my other posts, I had planned to purchase a better digital camera to take better photos of my projects. Well, I decided to do so now so I could take better photos of the fire damage. I will post some photos in a week or so after I have been in the disaster area.
Pray for the families and the people required to work in these situations. Any fire you deal with is a roller coaster of emotions. The building can be replaced but the memories inside are a total loss.
The roads are still closed to the losses they assigned me and it looks like I won’t be able to see the first one until tomorrow (Wednesday).
Talk to you all soon.
-- Steffen
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MsDebbieP
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posted 346 days ago
and you be careful as well …
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Karson
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Take care Stephen. Good to have you back if only for a short while.
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Dorje
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Glad to see you back…
Have you gotten to do any turning lately?
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
frank
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posted 345 days ago
Hello Steffen;
—-glad to hear from you and also know you came through the fires all good!
....keep us posted and;
Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
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Steffen
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thank you all for your comments.
Dorje, I have done some turning lately however one bowl exploded while working on it (got a little too thin and one small slip…) I then chucked up another chunk which broke at the tenon and flew across my shop. However, the second bowl didn’t break so I sanded the rest of the tenon off and I’m now working on carving it. I will photograph and post it and another soon.
Talk to you all soon.
-- Steffen
Dorje
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posted 333 days ago
Sounds good! I’m having similar flying broken bowl experiences…
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA