steveb leatherworks: the blather

Hello all: well, where to begin?

Spring is zinging by – unreal. I feel like as fast as i move, and i move pretty fast,  that I still, only get half of the stuff done that is in my head. Like a CNC, i wish i could program a machine to run overnight to get it done while i get my solid 6. Working 2-shifts is tough, 3 is not in the cards.

Leatherwork has been busy and steady. I feel fortunate to have great customers who come back to me to time and time again and new customers who have been referred or saw my ad. Flattering and cool, it feels good to know that you can satisfy folks in this day and age AND get your price. I have always prided myself on being fair and it’s paid off. I will not give my work away (unless it is a special occasion) and I am really happy that folks feel they are getting something special and something that in the end, really is a value not only from the pleasure they will get from wearing it, but also from the durability and utility it offers.

But, I have been so damn busy, i have been breaking my cardinal rule of shooting everything before it leaves the shop, so I have a record and can share – but i have been slack – and that effort has been suffering a bit. Something has to give, know what I mean?

Even thought the 2-wheel season is young, I have been on the bikes a good bit, annoying the ever living shit out of the 4-wheel texters, determined to make my wife a widow before her time. F*cking Assholes is all I have to say about that. DONT TEXT WHEN DRIVING< GOT IT? What the fuck is with people that think they are so goddamn talented they can drive and mess with their shit?    ok…Damn….ok, breathe…..

Anyway, I can think of no better way to “blow the stink off” than a good ride. Cheaper and healthier than booze or drugs, it is sure to please… and it does. Pupkin and i have been busting further East in our chosen state, new territory – and that has been good. I like getting lost. All is good when it comes to riding, and I have quite a schedule for the summer: Americade, Laconia, the Smokeout, Sturgis and the Gypsy Run. I’d say that is a whole lot of two wheel time I got lined up. Tough stuff, but i feel qualified..ha!

Oil. Oh man, i look at what we’ve done to our environment and it makes me sick. Where I come from, you dont make a mess that you cant clean up. The balls our government has in not protecting our country! Assholes! It makes me fucking mad that they dont take care of our precious environment, i mean if we fuck it up- what are we going to do?

Well let me tell you what we are going to do…. we are going to live in our own shit… and as much as we deserve it, I dont want to see my family grow up in a world like that.

I am pissed. I feel sold out by a media that would rather talk about some crap on TV or some useless bag of shit like Jesse James – than focus on this crisis, or even the truth about our involvement in these “war/police actions/takeovers” that has our military spread all over the world for no real good reason from what i can see.

How about this… we start doing what is right… acting with a goddamn conscience for a change, stop being scammers, freeloaders, bully tough guys and slippy-sliders. Lets take care of our own business right here…and from I can see we got a ton of stuff on the docket….

Damn, I didn’t plan on going there at all…lol.. lookee that steveb went off…lol

So..that’s the short story – overall life is good, the boxcars of time move ahead and I just try to keep a firm grip on the handle as I jump on everyday, hoping my arms dont get torn from their sockets….

have a great day, you want leather work?  let me know>     steveb@steveb.biz

peace

steveb

stay safe everyone!