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I once saw a documentary about a German appliance company. New employees spent six months learning to use basic metal tools--basically, a half a year devoted to filing blocks of metal. Maybe it works in Germany, but I've always learned better if I had an immediate, practical use for the new skill. So the boat…
When I went looking for plans for small, home-built boats, I found a whole community of people working on the question--can you build a usable boat with a single sheet of plywood? The answer is a qualified but enthusiastic YES. It's qualified because you're pushing the limits of marine architecture--we don't know yet how much…
Ever hear the phrase, "from stem to stern"? Okay, this is the stem. I decided to approach this boat project with a few design goals -- (1) Start simple. We've build some things before but never a boat, so we found a plan with some good instructions to see if we could learn how boats…
What do you do when you want a boat for vacation but you don't have one to borrow and can't afford to buy? Daniel Beard said build your own! Every year we spend some time at my family's little lake house in South Carolina, relaxing, writing, and doing some planning. We have a kayak we…
Twelve years ago, Elaine Forman, the children's librarian at our public library decided to form a chapter of Tarheel Junior Historians for local homeschoolers. I never dreamed it would change our lives. [caption id="attachment_3347" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Our club about to perform in a historical dance competition at the State Fair"][/caption] Tarheel Junior Historians is an organization by…
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near; Praise Him in glad adoration. Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so…
We love to see the manly virtues played out in real life! Yesterday, we wrote in a Facebook note and shared the story of our courageous friend, missionary Mike Richardson and his determination to overcome fear to bring the gospel to those living in one of the most dangerous places on our continent - the…
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As you know if you have followed us awhile, we like to teach our children a new hymn every week. Now, we don't always succeed, but here's the idea: Each day of that week, we sing the same hymn all the way through. Each day, we explain a different verse of that hymn. There is…
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