Blue coal. A great product, once upon a time, for heating your home. And sold in that once-upon-a-time by my grandfather, Fred Eastland. Fred was an entrepreneur and a good businessman. He was a generous man and a godly man, and he knew something about marketing, it appears. Over the weekend, my cousin Belinda, sent…
Fred the carpenter
Philip is a master carpenter, so I would not make any claim to be near his skills. He is the guy you call after the “friend” says he can put in your door, or your hardwood floor, or build you a deck… and you realize that your “friend” didn’t really know what they were doing….
The blue chair
When Philip won the Alberta Skills Competition for Carpenters, this is the chair that he built, in record time. And it isn’t just a chair, it’s a folding chair. We got it, I’ve painted it now twice, and we’ve cherished it. It’s been a bit beat up after all these years now, and it was…
