Notes from the shop.
The Trail Trial: Wigwam Socks Edition
Forty-four miles of the Ice Age Trail, Glenbeulah to Mauthe Lake and back, in one pair of the Wigwam socks now on our shelf. Here is how they held up.
Eight Years of Coming Soon
The name has been ours since 2018. The sign said coming soon. It was not wrong. It was early.
The Yule Log Is Free
We announced a catalog and put fifty dollars on the cover. We have changed our minds about the price, and then about the whole idea.
The Road, Drawn in Crayon
The Build Log was written for grown-ups. It has become the thing my nine year old and I talk about, so we rewrote it for him. Five stations, a box of crayons, and the stuck parts left stuck.
The Airplane Is Not Built Yet
My son asked for a wooden 747. There is still no airplane. There are seven drawings, a wing that would not fit the slot cut for it, and a signature to go. First entry in The Build Log.
The Two-Minute Rule I Learned at Mile Eighty
A stranger at an aid station gave me the only piece of race advice that ever actually worked.
The Soap Bar That Started a Series
Met a soap maker at a craft fair today. Bought a bar called Morning Wood. This is the first of what we're calling the Local Makers Spotlight.
The Bowl From the Tree Across the Street
Bought a natural-edge walnut bowl today from a tree that fell two hundred feet from a house I used to live in. Local Makers Spotlight, round two.
The Blanket That Ends the Campfire Argument
There is always one blanket and two cold people. We fixed the math, not the friendship.
Why an Ultra Runner Started a Furniture Company
Forty-eight races taught me a lot about pacing. None of it about furniture. That wasn't the point.
Log Off: Where the Name Came From
The worst puns are the ones you can't stop making. This is one of those.
The Case for a $429 Coffee Table
You can buy a coffee table for $80. Here is why you might not want to.
How We Find the Weird Stuff
We are not looking for the best table. We are looking for the table someone stops scrolling for.