Bill, regarding your turned wood bowls and the other thingies you make...I have some questions.

Does the wood you use come from trees? Do the trees have to be cut down to get it? Does cutting across the grain of the wood hurt the tree? Does it hurt you? Do you keep count of all the trees that have been cut down to supply your wood? Do you think that your hobby may be having a deleterious impact on the Earth's ecosphere by causing rampant deforestation?   

;-)