The Santa Maria sits on my desk at work. I made the walnut base from scrap and the plaque came from Ebay. The stand is attached to the jar with silicone. This was the hardest project I have ever tried ...

A bird takes flight with a morsel from the DIY bird feeder and seed cake. (Photo by Jess Mancini) Last year in the May episode of Wastin’ Time I explained how I make bird seed cakes in my shop at a ...

There is a bittersweet gentleness to Otis Redding’s classic song “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” as the singer looks homeward to Georgia while “wastin’ time” on the San Francisco docks. Everyone has ...