{"id":8587,"date":"2026-03-21T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:53:03","slug":"why-are-you-reading-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/why-are-you-reading-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are you reading this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Only you<\/strong> know, but here are some of my thoughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You are taking a break from work, family, wood shop, and the duties of life to spend a few minutes enjoying and adding to your woodworking<\/strong>. Let\u2019s go over what is here.<\/p>\n

Since 2008 I have published here 264,000 words written<\/strong> originally by me alone. (Not including comments.) That is the length of four non-fiction books! There are over 1400 original photos<\/strong> taken by me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is all real<\/strong> and all directly from my wood shop. The only break in publishing was about two years, which you can read about here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/03\/where-was-i\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The site remains quite popular and well regarded according to the valid online evaluation systems.<\/p>\n

I simply want to share my woodworking with you so you can enjoy and add to your work<\/strong> in the shop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are never advertisements here. No business or selling for me or anyone else. I do not make a dime here. And that is just fine. No nonsense<\/strong>. No time wasting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is also periodic philosophic thought for real woodworkers – like you. I have been woodworking for over 60 years, always growing<\/strong> in skill. So yes, I do have something to say!<\/p>\n

I also aim to getting you<\/strong> thinking and evaluating your work. I would love to know that you are making things, but even more, I truly hope that you are happy doing it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

THANK YOU<\/strong>, dear readers! More to come!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only you know, but here are some of my thoughts.\u00a0 You are taking a break from work, family, wood shop, and the duties of life to spend a few minutes enjoying and adding to your woodworking. Let\u2019s go over what is here. Since 2008 I have published here 264,000 words written originally by me alone. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8587"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8640,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8587\/revisions\/8640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}