BlogHide Resteemsstillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoThe Big Shift. Part 3. Shopping Village.... This is part 3. If you want to know what's going on, you can read parts 1 and 2 here: .... “Pleased to meet you. I'm Jerry”, said the lad, extending his hand to Greta. This seemed…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoCaution - Do Not TouchThink of the person with the most extreme OCD that you know or have ever met. If it's you, then that's fine, you're doing great. You've got nothing to worry about. Carry on as you were. As for the…stillgideon (60)in guitar • 5 years agoThe most remarkable piece of wood I have ever known...It was a good dry day so I took the opportunity to do the bracing on this soundboard.. this is the one that I'm making from this redwood that I was talking about the other day.. the tree that was a…stillgideon (60)in art • 5 years agoMaking a unique guitar rosette..A good, quiet night for inlaying the soundhole rosette into this old redwood soundboard... Nothing ever gets thrown away in my workshop. Eventually, even the smallest of offcuts find their use.…stillgideon (60)in ecotrain • 5 years agoA tree's journey...Once in while, a piece of wood comes my way which is so special that I feel very humbled and honoured to get to make it into a guitar and give it a new lease of life, as it were.. This is two thin…stillgideon (60)in guitar • 5 years agoDe-colonising GuitarsMy friend once explained to me why it is that woods such as ebony, Brazilian rosewood and Honduras cedar (also known as Spanish or cigar-box cedar) are used in classical guitars.. Firstly, it's…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoThe Big Shift. Part 2. Year ZeroThe Big Shift Part 2 Year Zero ........................... (If you haven't read part 1 yet, here it is..) ............................................... Pleased that she was sitting up…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoThe Big Shift. Part 1. The rise of O, the Great Leader.The Big Shift Part 1 At the city limit …................................ . . . . …............................ . .. . It was late on a warm, spring afternoon when Greta climbed to the peak…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoThe Big Shift. (A futuristic adventure story, introduction)Three otherwise unrelated factors led to 'The Big Shift', as it came to be known. The first was caused by a piece of space rock about the size of a grain of sand. The tiny particle had travelled…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years ago.stillgideon (60)in music • 5 years ago'Carpenters of Galilee' - This unique handcarved Mandolin is made entirely from offcuts!Sometimes I surprise myself with some of the things I come out with.. like this mandolin I just finished. I've never seen one like it. I can't stop staring at it, thinking 'wow! Where did that come…stillgideon (60)in music • 5 years agoWaste not want not...I made this mandolin tailpiece using offcuts from a mandolin which is made from offcuts! Bubinga wood, original design This is part of a very special carved mandolin I am building entirely from…stillgideon (60)in guitar • 5 years agoPreparing a special guitar for a long journeyTreating this lovely guitar to a french polish before packing her off to her new home in England. It's always a bit emotional to say goodbye, but these guitars aren't made for hanging around.…stillgideon (60)in guitar • 5 years agoThe customs man and the box of wood(This is not a story meant to encourage or condone tax evasion. I have nothing against taxes, in principle. I could probably say a few things about how they're collected and how they're spent.. but…stillgideon (60)in story • 5 years agoTHE DRONES2.32 am. The drones made a constant, unearthly whine as they circled and criss crossed the sky above the city. Mapping. Everything and everyone. People on the move. People fast asleep. People in…stillgideon (60)in facebook • 6 years agoWhy I won't be leaving facebook (yet)I don't know what kids do nowadays, but around the turn of the 90's, me and Alex and Lenny and a bunch of other friends used to hang out at a place called South Mimms Services on the M25. It was a…stillgideon (60)in steemit • 6 years agoDoes anybody comment on Steemit any more?stillgideon (60)in story • 6 years agoHoly Work (an imaginary conversation)'Do you have a plan?' she asked him. 'No. I do one thing at a time, then I see what to do next. I have a sort of vision, but it's illusive. It goes in and out of focus. Please take your shoes…stillgideon (60)in music • 6 years agoOutside the Palace - Violent FemmesI've been outside the palace I've been outside the gate I still don't feel that I made any mistake When I got off that train I felt my feet hit the ground I didn't want to go Where that gravy…stillgideon (60)in nature • 6 years agoHere is good antidote to deep anxiety about climate change..Find a nice spot with no tree in it. Maybe it's in your garden, if you're lucky enough to have one. Maybe it's some clearing near a footpath where you like to walk.. Go to your garden center and…
