A moment of joy for myself - a milestone - but also an opportunity for me to reaffirm my appreciation for those of you who have been with me since the beginning. @GHuns @Swerth @Hepburn99 immediately come to mind. You guys have been undeservingly good to me the past couple of years.
You were interested in what I was putting out, and talking about, even during the stretches when nobody else cared or was listening, and when the channel was going completely overlooked.
There were many months - long stretches when I simply couldn’t devote lots of time or attention to The Practical Woodsman, because of personal life obligations, so I just did what I could, and it was you three that especially showed me undeserved support during those times.
I just want to tell the three of you how much I appreciate your support. All three of you have more to offer than I do on many of the topics I highlight on The Practical Woodsman, and I am not deserving of your support. I should actually be learning from you on many of these topics. But I appreciate very much your loyalty and undeserved support. Thank you for celebrating this 3,000 follower milestone with me.
Don’t worry about subscribing anymore for ‘Supporter’ status here on our group. I have the ability to grant it at no cost to whomever I chose, and I will be granting it to the three of you from today on. (Bear with me for a few days until I am able to sit down, go into your profiles and give you this status. I am currently juggling many things.)
Again, thank you - the three of you - so, so much for not only being interested in The Practical Woodsman, but for supporting my humble efforts for all this time. Truly, you have blessed me far more than I have entertained you, and I am so, so grateful to each of you. You mean a lot to me.
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Around these parts it used to be common for families to have a single tree somewhere out in the woods where everybody would go to carve their names, and leave a testament to their existence. Kids would grow up and then take their own kids out to this tree - their trusty pocket knives in their little pockets, so that they too could join in this sacred bonding ritual.
It’s a disappearing custom even here in these parts.
Here’s our family tree, and yes, my initials are carved deep into it, the bark swollen after the passing of 40 years. I remember very clearly the day my father took me back there and stood by proudly while I added myself to it.
