Lady_Acoma
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So this is very random but it has given me some jly lately so I thought I would share. I've started this hobby as a way to relieve stress while being creative and productive. That being said I didn't expect the joy I would get out of just planning what I am going to do for those I love.
Things are really tight right now and I am pinching pennies till I can get a chuck and pen jaws so I will be able to drill blanks on the lathe. In the mean time though I am enjoying watching videos, reading posts, checking out the library all in preparation.
For my dad I have a planned pen of the deer hunter bullet pen with a horn he gave me from an old kill. One of the few bucks he has ever gotten. I will invest in a refill with red ink because he wants it to be his poker pen and red ink is apparently estential for some unkown reason. He knows it will be awhile but he is happy to wait and encouraging my hobby.
What will probably seem more then a little strange to you though has been with my wife. She has dissasociative identity disorder or you might be more familiar with multiple personality disorder. As part of that she has a multitude of others within her, many of them children who have had some very bad experiences. One of the things I do when faced with any of these other personalities is to build trust and help them enjoy interactions as themselves in a safe environment.
That lately has turned to letting them start picking out what blanks they like and what they would like their own pen to look like. We get to plan how they will help and what they find exciting and it's fun. Those of you that have kids around I'm sure have felt it but it just wasn't something I was expecting to enjoy so much outside of the actual turning.
Life's little hidden pleasures are always the best and I thought I would just share this one with the rest of you.
Things are really tight right now and I am pinching pennies till I can get a chuck and pen jaws so I will be able to drill blanks on the lathe. In the mean time though I am enjoying watching videos, reading posts, checking out the library all in preparation.
For my dad I have a planned pen of the deer hunter bullet pen with a horn he gave me from an old kill. One of the few bucks he has ever gotten. I will invest in a refill with red ink because he wants it to be his poker pen and red ink is apparently estential for some unkown reason. He knows it will be awhile but he is happy to wait and encouraging my hobby.
What will probably seem more then a little strange to you though has been with my wife. She has dissasociative identity disorder or you might be more familiar with multiple personality disorder. As part of that she has a multitude of others within her, many of them children who have had some very bad experiences. One of the things I do when faced with any of these other personalities is to build trust and help them enjoy interactions as themselves in a safe environment.
That lately has turned to letting them start picking out what blanks they like and what they would like their own pen to look like. We get to plan how they will help and what they find exciting and it's fun. Those of you that have kids around I'm sure have felt it but it just wasn't something I was expecting to enjoy so much outside of the actual turning.
Life's little hidden pleasures are always the best and I thought I would just share this one with the rest of you.
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