What was the plan?

I started writing this journal without really knowing what for.  Why was a publicizing my personal path and struggles. I never figured that out, so I stopped writing.  It has been a couple months, but many things have progressed during that time.  A big event seems to have come, and I wanted to write about it briefly.
I have found the help of the drum really brought me to a calm space in my life, which has been outstanding.  I attended a drum making workshop and created my own shaman style drum. It has a presence about it that helps me focus energy in a different way than the Djembe that I find so calming.
After making the drum and setting it to dry, the second day of the workshop had us making the beater stick for it.  I carved a long stick of Willow for my beater, and the act of working with the wood awoke something.  I found myself carving a piece of Yew into a wand over the next couple of days and sanding it down for a couple weeks.  It was so enjoyable I decided I wanted to start making things. Working with wood became the focus of that, so I decided to look at tools for turning wood.
My parents helped me by gifting me a lathe and some essential tools for wood turning. I have added a few extra tools and picked up several pieces of wood to turn and so far I have made wonderful strides in my skill.

It feels good to bring things I have created into the world.

The first three creations.