My sister texted me in the morning: I hear something. I think there’s a squirrel in the basement. Then she left for work. My workshop is in the basement of a residential house where my sister lives. It is what makes my job viable -- while it is not glamorous it works. And, the overhead is low. No pun intended. When I got to the house, I also heard something. It was the sound of voices. Really loud voices coming from the basement. Huh, I thought. Odd. But squirrels don't talk,

Working alone, owning a business, making what you sell, selling goods for individual bodies, it is all hard work. Learning a craft, practicing a skill, developing an aesthetic that is both personal and appealing to others takes time. Sharpening knives, oiling, cleaning, and fixing machines, and maintaining stock of materials, relationships with clients and distributors, all the large and small activities needed to maintain a functioning workshop eat into the work week. And th