Austin Goldman was looking for a meaningful hobby after retiring. He decided to start a business making walking sticks. His inspiration to make story logs and inspirational walking sticks came from noticing interesting sticks on his family’s tree farm. Mr. Goldman uses a wood-burning tool to write Biblical scripture on many of the sticks. He also creates custom sticks where he writes information about a person’s life on the stick. Some customers take their story logs everywhere and others hang them in their house as conversation pieces. Regardless, it is a very novel idea, if you are looking for a gift for the person who has everything. 

Mr. Goldman was selling at the Yanceyville Curb Market’s December craft fair this past weekend. He can also be reached at [email protected] . He and his story logs were featured on Fox 8 news. See http://www.myfox8.com/tag/personal-story-log/ for more information.

If you were to fit details of your life on a walking stick, what would you say? Even if you don’t commission a stick, it is a fun exercise. Mr. Goldman is such a nice person who is originally from Virginia, has traveled extensively, had a long career at Syngenta, and is a Christian man of great faith. We know this because we read his walking stick!