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I put this site together as a “life portfolio” of things I’ve spent my time creating (with various levels of skill). If you find anything interesting or useful, I’d love to hear from you.
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Japanese Black Pine No 2
Acquired late 2024 – at PBE from Copper Creek Bonsai First set of candles in 2025: July 2026 – Pre/Post-decandling
P. Afra Bonsai No. 1
Acquired 2020 from cutting Picture from July 12th, 2026 I cut some small bits off of a neighbor’s jade and grew this. From what I gather they’re really easy bonsai as they can tolerate pruning, repotting, and not getting enough water very well. If anything, I tend to overwater mine.
Coffee Cabinet
This project started with my being tired of clutter on our kitchen counter and deciding I should build something that looked decent to store things in. It was both a fun design challenge, which I still have a lot to learn from, but also I threw in some new joinery — dovetails and stopped dados…
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Life Facts
4
continents lived on
5
operas performed in
5:08
1 mile PR (before I got old)
360lbs
most I’ve every deadlifted (before my powerlifting career was tragically ended by genetics)