Archive - SassoStones

It's a trap I used to fall into all the time: saying yes to the wrong projects.

Dec 11 • Joe Norton

Not this moment, but the next one. Not here, but there. Not this project, but the one after it.

Dec 4 • Joe Norton

November 2025

Let’s be honest, this little essay was never going to be perfect.

Nov 27 • Joe Norton

My next stone project starts today, if the weather cooperates.

Nov 20 • Joe Norton

Only Fooling Myself

A few years ago I got obsessed with making wall hangings.

Nov 13 • Joe Norton

On being a little too calm under pressure

Nov 6 • Joe Norton

It’s late October and the leaves are mostly gone.

Nov 3 • Joe Norton

October 2025

Of all the client requests I’ve had over the years, this is far from the strangest.

Oct 30 • Joe Norton

“It turns out I’m afraid of heights,” the stranger on my voicemail said.

Oct 27 • Joe Norton

“Don’t hit the house!”

Oct 23 • Joe Norton

I was already uncomfortable enough, and then I got attacked by killer bees.

Oct 20 • Joe Norton

A Framework for Saying Yes to the Right Work

Oct 16 • Joe Norton

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