Wren Halloway

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Builds small wooden boats in Port Alder. Has opinions about bronze screws and the moon.

26 followers · 3 stories · Joined June 18, 2025

The Tide Table on My Kitchen Wall

A free sheet of paper from the harbor office runs my working life, and I have stopped arguing with it.

Oct 28 · 4 min read1735

Every Boat Is an Argument With Water

Hull shape is a list of things you have agreed to give up, and I once gave up the wrong one by five inches.

Oct 5 · 4 min read3965

What an Apprentice Learns From One Board

I paid a young man six hundred and eighty dollars to plane thirty-eight dollars’ worth of oak.

Sep 3 · 4 min read1245