Wood Stories
a quarterly newsletter
The Tappenden Collection
Every morning at 7:30, I would take my dog, Betsy to the school park behind my house to romp for a half hour with other dogs from the neighborhood. Typical of this college town, all the other owners are a Who’s Who of achievement: doctors, psychologists, professors, a retired physician from Doctors Without Borders, the Women’s golf coach.
Why a newsletter?
I moved to Ann Arbor in 2014 and started building furniture in my brother’s garage. Since then, I’ve always had a steady stream of exciting commissions – often from repeat customers. Thank you.
Happy Holidays
I’ve tried hard to avoid this theme in the past, but I think there’s no getting around it now: We’re settling down. Maybe it’s the rhythms of rural life, or the fact that autumn has just arrived, but our pace and routine is decidedly middle-aged.