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One of the best parts of my blog is the group of followers that read and comment. They provide laughter, criticism, advice and  links to projects yet to be built. I have a group of bloggers that I interact with regularly, and may others that stop in occasionally.  I’m not sure how many followers I have, but I am much more aware of the many countries they come from. Finally after a year of watching I have reached South America with someone from Chile and Columbia reading. As I look at the countries around the world I often wonder about the wood that these readers are using, the different styles they encounter and tools and techniques they use. Sadly many of the readers from countries outside of the United States have not “Followed my Blog” so I am unable to see if they have a blog of their own.

A couple of days ago an email notified me of a new follower to my blog.  Looking at the email I could see they had a blog of their own and although it was in German I took a look. Pictures of stacks of lumber, beautiful hand made planes and  cabinets danced across my screen. The year of German that I struggled through in school was of no use and I wistfully looked at the page seeking to understand what was written. Then it suddenly dawned on me that I could grab the words and using Google Translate read what the blogger had written.  A few clicks and suddenly German became English and I was thrilled. I immediately showed the blog to my 12 year old daughter and how Google Translate worked. She smiled pointed to her Ipad and said “yeah, works great, I’ve had it for a while.”

Here’s to my latest follower slowwood.wordpress.com. Volker has a great blog with wonderful pictures and a great writing style. I hope you will take the time to follow along.

For myself and all of the other woodworking bloggers, if you are reading a blog and have one of your own, please Follow or send a Like. I would love to see what is going on in woodworking around the world, and if it’s not in English don’t worry, I’ll take the time to read it in Google Translate.