[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

wow,
cool story Lori.
I hope someday to gain the chainsaw training.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 06:53 PM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
>Cute.
>However!   Last year David and I were invited to the National Center for the
>Blind in Baltimore.   Some of the things we were required to do were:   Bake
>brownies under sleepshades; grill meat on the barbecue and operate a 
>chain saw.
>   I am not fan of chain saws, so elected to bake brownies under sleepshades
>(I wrote a humorous piece about it, which JoAnne Wilson found totally
>unhumorous, but that's another story).   David, however, elected to 
>operate the chain
>saw.   Dr. Maurer had been taught to do this by Dr. Jernigan, who 
>used to take
>blind people into the woods in Iowa to cut firewood for the cozy 
>evening fires
>they set in the fireplace at the Iowa Commission for the Blind.   Dr. Maurer
>felt, and still feels, that having blind people do this instills 
>confidence.
>So on a shelf in our bedroom is a section of a tree (branch) that David
>sliced with a chain saw.   I regret to say the brownies have long since
>vanished...like I said, another story.
>Lori
>
>In a message dated 2/25/09 11:44:24 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
>
>
> > I'm not so sure about chainsaw in the hands of a blind person, but
> > maybe there's somebody out there who does?
> > but when I was a teen helping on our family farm (insert old fahrt
> > sound effect here) I did swing an axe, sledgehammered a maul to split
> > logs, and utilized a poleax.
> >          now, you kids get off my lawn!
> > jc
> >
>
>
>
>
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