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Cousins! I have two of the best in Gail Hiller Lee

Cousins! I have two of the best in Gail Hiller Lee (not on Instagram) and @jeanaburgess1 . I have zero memory of the circumstances that inspired the first picture here, which Gail sent last night. She’s at top left; my sister @magdahiller is the one on the right inside the playpen. Our cousin Scott’s between them. (Note that the eldest cousin, yours truly, declined to join them, though I have no doubt I was egging them on.)

Gail and I have been in touch several times over the past few days, ever since I received a statement from the hospital for $51,000 (pre-insurance) for my chemo port placement and *one* chemo infusion. In a panic, I got in touch with her, knowing that she is an insurance broker in New York. She talked me down, big-time, and looked over our insurance policy, then enlightened me about a number of features I was not aware of. That was so helpful. I realized that other self-employed woodworkers who don’t get health insurance through their spouses would probably benefit from some of the same information. So yesterday I interviewed her for my February post at the @finewoodworkingmagazine Pro’s Corner blog (yes @benstrano more about insurance), which will focus on the stuff many of us don’t know anything about when it comes to buying health insurance.

The next snapshot shows my sister and me (on the ground; again, the oldest one, post-yoga headstand) with Jean, who has made her career in accounting and is just as impressive personally and professionally as Gail. We are fortunate to have these women in our family.
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#cousins #cousinsquad

Fun. This is how I write—I mean, when I’m writ

Proof of life. After weeks spent on kitchen design

Shout out to @cardinalspirits ! The people at our

Shout out to @cardinalspirits ! The people at our locally owned distillery have been extraordinarily resilient in response to the pandemic — making hand sanitizer when none was available, cocktails and kits you can buy in stores, and keeping their excellent kitchen in business even when the distillery is closed for dining in. These pork belly tacos that Mark had yesterday looked beautiful, and the corn smelled divine. And here’s to a food business that serves carry-out in food-safe compostable containers! So rare. And so important. Thank you, Jeff and Erica!
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#snowday #hikeinthewoods #goodfood #cardinalspirits #yay #goodpeople #indianabusiness

I am so grateful to have this man as my partner. H

I am so grateful to have this man as my partner. He recently found this ridiculous photo from 2007. We both look a lot younger! As @chbecksvoort49 says, life is so lovely when you have a good partner. Mark is a gentle, caring soul. Incredibly resilient. Deeply thoughtful. An excellent builder and carpenter. Loyal friend. Spoiler of domestic animals. Occasional annoying dude. Altogether a wonderful human being with whom I am blessed to make a life.
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#throwbackthursday #tbt❤ #grateful #gratitude #marriage

Nap time for Piggy. While I have chemo drugs drip

Nap time for Piggy. While I have chemo drugs drip into my bloodstream, Tony has laid claim to Joey’s fleece. More dangerous is that he’s sharing the fleece with the pig, which has become Joey’s favorite toy. Fortunately Mark is monitoring the situation.

And while this post is not about work, I am working on my laptop, writing post for the @finewoodworkingmagazine blog and a letter of recommendation for someone I admire (a lot).
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#dogsandcats #work #ilovemywork

A day packed with drawing time and calls with a cl

A day packed with drawing time and calls with a client in Rhode Island. There’s nothing like having historians as clients during interesting times. At the end of the day I found Mark chopping wood and had to catch this image with the hillside glowing in the background.
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#saturdaywork #kitchendesign #thankyouteachers #historiansrock #ilovehistory #thisishistory #historyiseverything

By hand. This is how I draw kitchens. My drawings

By hand. This is how I draw kitchens. My drawings are of course terribly prosaic compared to those gorgeous colored renderings by @johnnygreystudios but they do the job. Despite their arguable advantages, CAD images leave me cold. It has been super rewarding to get back to this particular kitchen design, for clients in St. Louis. I’m also working on another set for clients in Providence, Rhode Island. So fun! Another highlight of today: I completed a blog post about @furnituremaking which should be up at Lost Art Press this weekend and took delivery of materials for the next shop job, which will occupy my next good week (after chemo week...). A big thumbs up to good days.
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#customcabinetrydesign #cabinetmaker #customkitchens #drawings #byhand

This is the look of a cat who has become thoroughl

This is the look of a cat who has become thoroughly spoiled by living in the house, after a day of suffering the terrible conditions of the shop for just one day. “Don’t ever do that to me again! I need my woodstove in winter.”
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#catsofinstagram #shoplife

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