Carpenter, carpenter, what do you say?
Cut wood all day,
bring home the pay:
A pocketful of sawdust.
..
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© Joe Cottonwood 2009
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About Me
- Joe Cottonwood
- La Honda, California, United States
- I was born in 1947, bent my first nail in 1952, and wrote my first story in 1956. I've been a writer and a carpenter ever since.
What is 365 Jobs?
365 Jobs is a parallel blog without the announcements of upcoming events, book reviews, podcast tales, and miscellaneous rants that sometimes appear in the ClearHeart blog.
About 99 Jobs:
Life, love, and construction. A memoir.
About Clear Heart:
A novel about carpenters, nail guns, and wet concrete.
About Quake!
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About Famous Potatoes:
About Danny Ain't:
About Babcock:
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