My name's Andy. I'm seventy years old, and I've spent most of those years with sawdust in my pockets and a pressure canner on the stove. I live in Spring Hill, Florida — a town that sits right at the edge where the Panhandle meets the coast, and where the humidity'll rust a hinge if you leave it in the rain overnight.
Back in the day, my daddy taught me to plane a board until it sang, and my mama taught me that you can't rush a jar of tomatoes — you set the pressure, you watch the steam, and you trust what the gauge tells you. Same way I look at life, really. Measure twice, cut once.
This site is where I keep my notes, my guides, and a few things worth passing on. Not fancy, but honest. Like a well-built shelf.
"We're all just caretakers of the land, really. You tend what's yours, and you pass on what you know."
I've met some good folks on this uplink. Here are a few whose work I respect: