Captain Leon W. Miesse.

He was on the western front in World War I. In the Rainbow Division. When he retired as a plant engineer, he made himself a woodworking shop in the cellar and produced works of art. His wife was as old as he was and couldn’t make it into the basement. Why I learned what naked women looked like from my grandfather rather than stolen Playboys. Secret? Esquire Magazine. Back when it had something to do with men rather than metrosexuals.

He had more tools than this. But you get the idea.

I worked with him in his basement workshop. My mother didn’t care about the pictures plastered over all the walls of the workshop. She knew I was a boy.

Naked women. My mother thought it was just funny.

Doesn’t matter how young you are. Naked women are just terrific. What better gift can a grandfather give to his grandson? Oh. Yeah. He taught me how to use all the tools too.