In preparation for our three-day planned trip to the Mountain Man Gathering on October 5-7, we drove out to Mountain View and engaged in a late-afternoon walking tour of the Ozark Cultural Center.
I met a bladesmith there, Tom, who filled me in on the goings-on, among other craftspeople and musicians. We learned a few things about green woodworking, glass making, weaving, and hand-press printing.
We also met some musicians and made a preliminary recording of some mountain music. Most important perhaps, we saw inside of a few authentically constructed Ozark cabins, one of which we plan to build on our property as a garden shed and a shop.
