"Steelmasters"

 

All images copyright 2007, Bruce Anttila van Hoover ~ thisisbruce.com

The cats woke me up at a rudely early hour. They hadn't received the memo that we were now on Central time, not Eastern, so there it was, 5:30 in the morning. To further give the cats credit, in this part of Wisconsin, the sun rose earlier than in Florida, say 5:29am. Well, I had to get up anyway to work on the truck. I slipped on some grub clothes and headed out to the machine shop, a few paces from where I was sleeping. Something nice, being a guy, living so close to so many tools... That definately appealed to the blue-collar part of me. I cracked open the door to see the beams of light streaming in through the shop window, as if it were pouring out of heaven into an expansive Gothic cathedral. This light at this hour was my cathedral, this room, my church. I, without hesitation, delayed my work duties to snap off a few rounds, which I hope I have enlightened you with here...