After a delayed start due to the need to fix my car, I went to work practicing the engraving; the holding of the graveur is a very different thing for my hand to do …
It is a sideways motion with the muscles of the hand.
Afterwards we worked on honing the blades on the sharpening stones.
We went to an herbal lecture in the evening in Vt. Given by Susan Stanton, on the mint family. Tomorrow I plan to make and drink peppermint iced tea to keep cool, and to focus my mind. The weather here is very hot, it challenges the comprehension.