I have been building since leaving my diapers, and yes, that was many
years ago. Check out the little article on one of my first projects.
I learned my passion for the act of creation from two men: my step father,
Cody Edwards, and my grand father, George Grooms. Both showed me, through
completely different avenues, the importance of curiosity and passion
for ones' calling. I began wrecking things at the age of three. By the
time I was five I started to figure out how to some of it went back
together. I have continued the process of demolition, examination and
rebuilding since that time. This is how I process my business, my mind
and my spirit. I am always looking for new means of creation and I love
what I do.
I pursue a few passions, some relating to my work, others not.
In total, I have spent more than a year of my life in the Quetico,
which is the Canadian wilderness area north of the BWCA. (click here
for an official KDB Quetico Camping checklist). If I had to push
a pin in a map to identify the one place on earth where my soul resides
it would be the Quetico. Go there if you can. In fact, call me if you want some advice on good fishing spots. That is where I go
to find my center, each spring and fall of every year. I play accoustic
guitar, but not as much as I should. I am a woodworker, metal worker
and maveric mechanical engineer. I am happiest when I get to build
something I can touch.
My first business
I started my first business at Glen Lake Elementary School, in Minnetonka,
at the age of 11. I was a candy pusher, although I preferred the title
'confection facilitator'. The school forced me out of business within
a couple of months because I was disrupting the student body, or at
least the metabolism of the student body. To this day the school still
disallows students from selling candy in school. I am sort of proud
of that.
My Second Business
When I was seventeen I hijacked my older sisters phone line to use
for my next business. Hence was the beginning of Kuhl's Contracting,
a company that provided painting and cedar roof restoration services.
That company still exists today, stronger than ever. In fact, we still
use my sister's old phone number for our main company line. She stopped
charging me royalties back in the early 90's.
Torch Theater
I helped my sweetheart Stacia Rice start a theater company in October
of 2005. She is responsible for all that makes it special (and much
that makes me special, frankly). I am just someone that
has helped her here and there with set construction, business strategy
and moral support. Torch Theater performs out of the Theater Garage,
on Franklin and Lyndale. Read about our mission.
1515 5th Street South • Hopkins, MN 55343 • (952) 935-9469
