update: the proper link to the article wasn't obvious so i corrected the access link below;
highland woodworking ran an article about one of my pursuits. woodcarving. here it is;
I did my first carving without assistance when I was twelve. My father did some, which I guess is where I got the idea. In the mid seventies I began to get busy with it. First it was small scraps of linden, the wood they once used for artificial limbs, into dogs and cats with a small carving knife, and X-actos.