For better and worse, chopping blocks have been much on my mind these days.
A good chopping block is, of course, essential to chopping firewood. When I find a block I like, I cling to it until it’s hammered to flinders, not just because of its usefulness as a tool, but because I’m just too stingy with firewood to let a single round go to waste, even for the sake of easing the process of making more. Continue reading