Sad News from Woodworker's Journal

[Sam Chambers]

Hey folks:

I received the following this morning, in an e-mail from Woodworker's Journal and thought I'd pass it along:

PS. Two members of our Woodworker's Journal community have had catastrophe strikes recently. West Coast editor Simon Watts returned from traveling to find his San Francisco apartment burglarized. He has lost everything. Simon is a fine gentleman and good soul and this has hit him very hard. And, just this morning, I got word that Charlie Self, a long time contributor to the Journal, has had a house fire with a good deal of destruction. I don't know the full extent of his loss, but it sounds bad. Keep these fellows in your thoughts and prayers. -
R. J.

[Dan McLaughlin]

Charlie's loss is significant and he is also battling a case of pneumonia. Check the rec.woodworking newsgroup for more details.

[Doug Littlejohn]

I heard about Charlie over at TheOak but hadn't heard about Simon. We'll keep them in our thoughts!

Hope Charlie can get through both of his bad turns with the least amount of pain.