Over thanksgiving, my brother dropped off a few books for me to read.
“I saved them from the garbage.” He said. I’m shocked that someone would throw out these books.
“Some you can keep, but there are a couple I just want you to store for me.”
The one I wanted most was not a keeper, but I get to have it on my shelf for a while – long enough to read it more than once.
Most of my initial education on woodworking and carpentry comes from the written word. I find good ‘how-to’ books are like tuition-free education. After the theory, my real understanding comes from doing. The problem that arises from books is the space they take up in our domiciles. Often I will seperate these books from my main bookshelf and put them in the workshop in the R&D area (R&D makes my shop seem so much bigger than it actually is – a double car garage) It’s dangerous to place items that are organic in the shop. Mice like organic food. They have not yet eaten the written word, but I’m sure they are reading the front covers. Highly educated mice live in my shop!
Here’s some of the books:
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It has been understood that one way to increase knowledge – especially in young people – is to travel. How far do you have to go? Can I just take my children to another town and get this effect? I think the idea is to expose your mind to different cultures. So I can ask the same question again: If there is a Chinese community in Calgary, can I take them there and get them a broader knowledge of the world? I think it might work on this smaller scale. My belief is that the key to greater knowledge is in exposing yourself to different things in the most extreme way possible. If you’ve never been to a Vietnamese restaurant because it’s strange and foreign to you – go! Ask questions. Learn. Expand your knowledge of the world. The restaurant might be in the small town where you live but it’s a new adventure. Absolutely.