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On April 3rd I officially retired from my longstanding career in Information Technology. Now I’m devoting my full attention to family, and of course, carving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a newly retired guy, some of the first things I did was to drive 3 hours to visit my dad on a Tuesday, and 3 hours in the other direction to attend the Ridgeway Carving Rendezvous (as a spectator) on a Thursday. Also, for the first time I am free to participate in multi-day carving events! My first event will be the Erin Wood Festival. Wish me luck, I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Another big development is that I’ve sold my Harbor Freight tent\/workshop to make room for a new shed\/workshop. Carving conditions will be “primitive” until the ground firms up and I can take delivery, but that’s OK. I need to practice these conditions for the Erin Woodfest! Here I’m working on a Pelican on the empty workshop site. Still trying to decide whether to I should fill the gap on the front of the new shed with another window, or maybe a large “John’s Carving” logo:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finally, I wanted to mention two special requests I carved over the winter that were really fun. The first was a Pok\u00e9mon character (Sudowoodo), and the second was “Bluey”. I hadn’t heard of either until I was asked to carve them and ended up falling in love with both! Gotta stay open to new ideas!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Otherwise, I’m working on booking some other carving and vending events through the Fall and will keep you posted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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