Thinking With My Hands

This is a happy story about people seeking asylum in Ireland learning to repair walls. It's encouraging news for  a change.  Belfa...

Got a heads up last night from a friend that on Tuesday evening November 3rd & Friday November 6th - on the Rick Mercer Report - CBC...

It will be a real 'trick' this Halloween to push back the shadow an hour, but then again having that extra hour of sleep Sunda...

Stone is always a big factor when it comes to our perceiving whether a certain location has a 'sense of place' or not. Often old...

'Sense of place' - We intuitively know what it is, and often sense it, but can we explain what it is, or say why certain places...

Dry stone wall borders traditionally were built to try to keep livestock in and wildlife out. Nowadays we have a special sign put up e...

A fence near the Indian River, Keene, Ontario Different examples of split rail fences are seen all over Ontario. They were very prac...

Who wouldn't a prefer a dry stone wall over anything made with concrete ?

CBC News   Posted: Oct 20, 2015 3:50 PM AT   Last Updated: Oct 20, 2015 4:07 PM AT The photo on the left shows the Long Island sea arch be...

♩ ♩  Everybody must pick stones.  ♩ ♩

Otherwise known as The 'leftovers' Wall. More about this wall later

John Henry mailed out invitations this year again to attend his special Halloween extravaganza on his property in Virginia.  The link...

Guest presenters include - Matthew Harvey - Architect Bill Lett - Architect Michael Gallant - Architect Scott Donovan - Archit...

Canada has just had a federal election. There were many people who made it clear (especially on social media) that they were  for  ...

A garden without stones is like a BLT without the bacon.  J S-R

Ancient dry stone Bar Code recently discovered in the Orkneys. 

David Allen of Stone Point Studio never ceases to amaze me with his unique brand of stone balancing.  This recent full-circle dry-lai...

Our 'ball game' is the 'wall game'. And we wallers rarely swing and miss. Sometimes we like to think we knock ...

We are terrace-ists, not terrorists !

Are you tired of clients snooping around on the job , after you've gone for the day ( before your finished their project) checking...