The Shrinking Brakeman was a character who hung out in Barnesville, Ohio, for many years, and was maybe so named by my cousin's husband, DR, who pointed him out to me once, in a diner, some twenty years ago. The image I have carved looks nothing like him and is more an idea. That he looks vaguely like Obama is purely coincidental. If you must know I am for Obama. There, I've said it. Inspired by William Edmonson (see bio in previous blog entry), I used a rail spike to carve it.
