Tico Vogt Blog

1. Searching for Lovely Lois

   She had told me not to run with the lollipop in my mouth, but there I was, galloping my imaginary pony outside the cottage, sucking the sweet green candy and issuing riding commands. Then it slid into the back of my mouth and wedged inside my throat. My first memory of panicked bewilderment: the [...]

2. Stuck in a carwash with myself

   My first experience with claustrophobia was in a hotel room in Florence, Italy. I was eleven. My parents and sisters had left the hotel for a few hours in the afternoon, and I was enjoying time alone with comic books, away from lines of tourists at churches and museums. When I needed to [...]

3. In a Public House

    

   I had an hour to kill at lunchtime in Fort Edward, a small city on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, and I thought to give an Irish pub a try. Burgoyne Avenue is named for the British general who passed through in October 1777 on his way to eventual defeat at [...]

4. Build A Smarter Sawbuck

   The purpose of the Smarter Sawbuck from Vogt Toolworks is to cut firewood to uniform lengths without measuring, making the process convenient and efficient. Its ergonomic design with open bays allows the operator to stand in close without leaning, adding to safety and comfort.

   Set an end of the log or pole flush with the [...]

5. Renouncing Privilege

   In the year since the mass outrage committed at the Stoneman Douglas School, the question has loomed large in my mind of how hatred forms, why it underpins so much of human existence, why we repeatedly are unable to take stock of its presence, our choosing, or not, to educate ourselves to contend with it, [...]