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The Wood Duck Drum A Father's Meaure A Sons Keeping A drum called the Wood Duck Drum is carved from a fallen oak. A father's measure is carried forward through craft, ritual, attention, and ultimately in beats of memory in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.

A wood duck found a nesting cavity in this oak hit by lightning. Taking it to the lake I carved the rotted wood into a drum. Years later I took it to my father's burial & marked his life with my hand on the batter head.
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I don't rush. I return to the work. Emergence, priming the pump.
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