8 Ball Magazine
Glynis Waughtal
My father and my grandmother must have thought that making savory food to feed the family was more important than making dessert. They often mentioned the difficult times living in Taiwan, when they had neither money nor food. I got the feeling that the way my family prepares food usually represents remnants of hardship. For instance, some of the food is tasty but very salty, because in the past they had no refrigerator, but adding plenty of salt helped preserve the food.
3. Heat water in a pot. Add fried shallots, fried shrimp, vegetables, and meat. When it is boiling, add ready-made rice balls (or rice cakes). Boil for 15 minutes. The salty rice balls along with the soup are ready to serve.
Afrolatinidad: Art & Identity in D.C. is an interview series highlighting the vitality of the local Afro-Latinx community. Before the term Afro-Latinx entered popular discourse, Latin Americans of the Diaspora have been sharing their stories through artistic manifestations online and in community spaces throughout the district. Their perspectives are intersectional in nature of existing in between spaces of Blackness and Latinidad.
What better way to celebrate the holidays than with food? In this series, Folklife staff and collaborators share Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, and other winter holiday recipes that are dear to our families and communities.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.
Upon my return from a recent golf expedition to Scotland, I was grilled by a jealous buddy who had been unable to make the trip. He wanted to know everything. Not just what courses we played, but how many holes per day, betting stakes, team names. Everything.
The most obvious reason to play a three-ball instead of a four-ball is speed. A three-ball plays 18 holes, on average, half an hour faster than a four-ball, and more like 45 minutes faster if the course is particularly difficult. This time saving was invaluable on the aforementioned trip to Scotland: Playing faster meant that we had more time to play 36 holes if we so desired, and, just as importantly, it meant that we were less likely to hold up the locals as we debated club selection and green speed with our four-ball partners. Another benefit to our three-dimensional approach was that it gave us a wider variety of tee times to choose from, as courses in Great Britain often set aside the most desirable tee times for two- and three-balls.
Carving golf balls can be a fun way to use your woodcarving skills. The balls are easy to find and offer the artist an excellent carving material with no grain to worry about. I don't like to stray away from carving wood too often (for magazine content), but when I saw these wonderful faces by Dale, I just had to share them with our readers. Not all balls are created equal... you have to search for the correct ones with the solid core.
I always wear a carving glove and recommend using one for carving wood and golf balls. My glove has rubber dots which is really useful for holding golf balls. The tool list for this project is as follows:
8.Using an inverted #5-7mm gouge, shape the wings of the nose. Use the first cut as a stop cut and the second cut to remove some of the cheek as the gouge meets the stop cut. Use the #ll-9mm to shape the nose above the wings.
9.Use the #1 l-9mm to prepare the area for the eyes and reduce the cheek material. The cheeks will continue to be shaped as adjacent areas are developed. Use a knife to smooth the nose. Don't forget to reserve the space between the eyes.
10.Make a stop cut to form the outside mustache line from the corner of the nose wing. Remove material from the face to make the mustache protrude. Use the point of a knife to extend the wing line up onto the nose. Remove a tiny sliver of material to create a shadow.
16.Follow the first V-cuts with parallel cuts below to form the bottom edge of the upper lid. Once again, trace this cut with the point of a knife for a stop cut. This time remove material below the stop cut. This will begin to form the eyeball.
18.Use the 3mm V-tool to add lower lid lines, bags, eyebrows, and a little hair. Use a knife to make a tiny shadow cut at the top end of the hair. This will also form the top of the head that has no hair.
19.To create an iris/pupil suggestion," I use the #9-3mm micro gouge. Remember, it's fragile. I usually have my eyes looking to the side. I place the gouge on the eyeball so it touches, but doesn't cut, the lids. This will be a stop cut. Straight in and straight out. This is the first side of a three-sided chip. The other two sides are made with the point of a knife inserted along the lid lines and meet at the corner. I resort to my 2mm shallow gouge to remove the chip in pieces.
24.Using a knife, remove the sharp ridges and shape the lip. Scoop out the area below the ends of the lip using a knife point that reaches the stop cut. A similar cut would be made with the #5 gouge. This is done to begin shaping the chin.
I hated squash doubles when I first tried it. I hated the way the ball came off my racquet with no control and the way the ball bounced at the back of the court. I hated how my backhand volley drop would land five feet above the tin or hit the floor, with nothing in between. I really, really, hated how shots I had been conditioned never to play were suddenly being applauded.
Watch as much as you can. When you do watch, pick one person and pay attention only to them. Watch how they move. Watch where they hit the ball: not what shot was hit or how fancy it looked but where the ball actually ended up and ask the question, did their opponents have to move to get it?
After I started playing, I made all the classic rookie mistakes. I rallied up and down the line with people. I cleared to the middle. I was reluctant to hit cross courts. I flat out refused to hit a reverse. I was trying to play singles on a doubles court.
In singles we tend to avoid hitting cross-courts as they can open up the court to your opponent; instead we hit straight down the wall from the back of the court to give ourselves time to recover to the T.
The root cause of most melanomas is prolonged sun exposure. A single sunburn may not be a harbinger of the disease, but five or more sunburns doubles the risk of acquiring melanoma. For anglers, particularly those who spend time on and in the water, the danger can be acute.
I've been using an inexpensive but very effective ball cap that has "curtains" to protect my ears and neck. (iColor Sun Cap Fishing Hat). It also has a face curtain. Because the curtain materials are lightweight I can tuck them into the hat when I don't need them. These hats hold up fairly well in the washing machine but, at about $15, replacing them is cheap. One thing I do to modify any hat I use for fishing is to put black "fabric paint" on the underside of the bill. This is a Lefty Kreh trick to enhance your ability to see by greatly reducing reflected light to your eyes.
After the second procedure for skin cancer I came to the same conclusion. I visited my local Aussie/down under type of store and bought a river quite hat. It covers everything and is waxed cotton to shed the water. I get some comments, but so what..
I've been wearing my Tilley for 20 years..still going strong. When I first bought it it was bright white. I was fishing a small mountain stream in Colorado where I literally had to peak over large boulders to spot fish and as soon as they saw that white hat they vanished. I backtracked out, went into town and bought a brown sharpie and made antelope stripes all over it...worked great. I'm sure it will last me another 20 years at which time I will be ready to be cremated with it.
Boonie hats, Guatamalan palm, and an old Resistol I've reshaped a few times never let me down. Fishing the Gulf and North Georgia. Ball caps were always dinky pieces of kit. Always felt silly donning an advertisement on my head too... unless they'd pay me....
Over 20 years ago, I got a brown, felt, "Indiana Jones" style hat. But it was mostly to keep the rain off my face as I wear a rain jacket beneath. It also helps shade my eyes enabling me to see better into the water to spot trout. It also keeps me cooler by providing shade and as you state, keeps the sun off the back of my neck, ears and nose. It looks goofy, my wife hates it, but over time it's become a recognizable feature where people know it's me from a distance.
This creek and I go way back. When I first moved to Idaho 25 years ago, it was one of the first blue lines on the map that I searched out. I found its subtle course... view blog post More Blog Posts Redefining influence When things go right From the Archives Not on my pants, not again Learn the single-hand spey cast PHOTOGRAPHY Latest Photography Words: Todd Tanner. Images: Tim Romano and Jeremy Roberts.
I noticed the ball and socket at the back end of the wishbone on the wide front on my 1086 was loose and floppy. I got both pieces of the socket and the ball new. The new ball was such a tight fit the nut stripped even though I trying to tap it in too. I torched the stuff back out of the hole. Any ideas how to install the next new one.
The new one is larger than the original. If the old one flopped around it would wallow out the hole. As stated they need to be tight in the hole. You have to drill the hole bigger for the new ball. Not too big because it needs to be a press fit. I searched the internet for specs about press fit in cast iron and ordered the appropriate drill bit.
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