Dave HallApr 251 minI'm sorry for the delay...I wanted to take a minute and apologize for my lack of posts for the last two weeks. What started as an opportunity to work a few extra...
Dave HallApr 54 minMonday Night Salmon and AsparagusSam was out of town for the latter part of last week. Thalia, my daughter, and Nana, my mother in law, were both house sitting. So I was...
Dave HallMar 317 minPoppy's Chinese Style Spare RibsBeef Spare Ribs Chinese Style I'm late again and for that I apologize. In my defense I have already written this post once. In fact it...
Dave HallMar 224 minA Jack of All Trades...I think by now we've established that I am not a food photographer. I'm not really a photographer, period. I'm a cook and an aspiring...
Dave HallMar 155 minMud, the Nature of Art, and Pickled ShiitakesThere are many gifts to having brought my business home, but the one most prominent in my mind today is - awareness. No, that's not quite...
Dave HallMar 87 minLiving a Big Life on a Little BudgetOkay, so this is not ideal. I obligated myself to work again tomorrow, sanding drywall. Which is itself not ideal, but it is a paycheck...
Dave HallMar 111 minChaos and OrderThere are some who posit that one of the big tasks of life is to attempt to bring some order out of the chaos of existence. It's a...
Dave HallFeb 228 minThe QuickeningIt’s here. Can you feel it? I can. The world is opening back up. No, I’m not talking about lockdowns or COVID restrictions. I mean the...
Dave HallFeb 166 minAusterity MeasuresI missed my self imposed deadline earlier today. A home renovation crew I sometimes work for asked if I could help them out this week....
Dave HallFeb 88 minEssential Tools: The Break DownYou’ve already seen me wax poetic about cast iron and watched me spit my ire over the microwave. Today I’d like to do a quick rundown of...
Dave HallFeb 17 minFriendship SoupI’m going off script today. You’ll come to find I do this. I’ll be making progress on one task and something will set me off on a...
Dave HallJan 259 minCast IronGeni, a dear friend and reader, commented on my Essential Tools post on Facebook. She said she couldn’t wait to hear me wax poetic about...
Dave HallJan 186 minDeath to the MicrowaveI remember the first time I saw a microwave. It was probably 1984. My Uncle Boatie, my mother’s brother, had just bought one for my...
Dave HallJan 117 minEssential ToolsThroughout my youth and into college I thought I wanted to be a visual artist. I had a talent for drawing as a kid and I got much joy...
Dave HallJan 55 minA New (Old) ThingOne of the advantages of being sick is that it gives you time to think. Well, maybe not while you are sick but in those limbo days just...
Dave HallNov 11, 20214 minJust Show UpJust show up. That’s it. That’s how you get better. Show up. Get your hands dirty. Do the work. Play the game. Whatever it is you want to...
Dave HallNov 2, 20213 minWhat’s the locus of your focus?True change comes from within. When you are lifting, where is your focus? Is it inside of you or outside of you? Are you focused on the...
Dave HallOct 26, 20213 minThe Secret is in the DetailsAs I kid I grew up watching martial arts movies. Back in the 80s we had an independent TV station, Channel 21. If you didn’t have cable...
Dave HallOct 21, 20212 minProper Bracing and Inner Abdominal Pressure.What is bracing? Bracing is the conscious act of stabilizing the lower spine against load and extraneous movement. What is Inner...
Dave HallOct 12, 20213 minAdvice to Myself as a Younger LifterAs I was training this morning I started thinking about how my approach to training has changed over the years. I started to think about...