Had a serendipity, with historical roots.  More than twenty years ago, Phil Holtan, and accomplished wood turner and pastor, generously shared his shop—and time—in helping me make a cradle for our daughters.  While we now see each other perhaps once a year, it dawned on me that we might renew the old collaboration in ‘turning’ on his lathe the four columns that will grace the entry hall and parlor of the house.   I sent him drawings of ‘Tuscan Doric’ columns, and he readily agreed.  Why Doric?  Ever since traveling in Greece, I’ve been smitten with the simple elegance of this 3000-year-old style.