After a foray into consulting and plant management, I'm back in the shop working with my hands and programming. My favorite part of the trade is teaching kids. (Enough grey in my beard that anyone under 30 is a kid). I could make more money doing other things but I don't need the stress.
I hope I'm able to work until I die, even if I 'retire'. I've begun learning Blender and mixing it with CAD so that I can do sculpture.
I love the smell of black cutting oil.

It's an old saying, longer version I know is:
"Saddest thing in the world is a cat scratching at the window because it used to be an inside cat."