Cri Goes Rogue – July 8, 2016

three up collage of a log being split with an axe, a log round with a steel splitting wedge and a sledgehammer and pink, fashionable safety glasses.
L-R, T-B: Pine shrapnel flies when logs are split by any means. Double bonus of pine & metal shrapnel when you use wedges. These aren't your grandma's safety glasses! They make very stylish and safe lenses now - you can even get them with your prescription.

Commentary by Christy Solo

I was watching a show on TV the other day and one character was splitting wood with an axe while another sat maybe two feet away. As the axe came down and splinters flew every which way, I cringed and became my mom. It was bound to happen.

Mom was one of those people you might not want to watch TV or a movie with. She would get persnickety, out loud.…

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