Two months ago I made a trip to Cincinnati to attend a retirement party for one of my geology professors. It’s my hometown, and when I go back I spend at least a week there visiting friends. One of them, Tom, a grade school friend, invited me to a gathering about 60 miles east of Cincinnati in Maysville, Kentucky.
The group of his friends were at a house deep in the woods. It was a magnificent autumn day and the homeowner, who’s an auto mechanic, built the home. What made it special is that he used timber from the land to build the home, and he incorporated that wood into some of the furnishings inside. One thing that caught my eye was the custom bathroom vanity made from several species of hardwood trees that had grown on this wood lot. It was stunning, to say the least….