A nickle's just a nickle
alsoknownas
- Location
- Medium size city, West Coast, USA
- Birthday
- August 30
- Bio
- A hundred odd jobs, some more odd than others. 30 years self employed in various building trades, sales etc. Lots of college, lifetime musician etc.
MY RECENT POSTS
- 1980's Thirty years ago,
thirty days ago
February 04, 2012 05:53PM - I Met Mark Twain Again
February 02, 2012 12:10PM - Rattus rattus
January 25, 2012 01:13PM - Etta James and Johnny Otis:
Synchronicity
January 20, 2012 12:03PM - A Squirrel's Eye View
January 11, 2012 04:23PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@ FusunA,
True
enough. Enough other bullets
in life to dodge.”
6:07PM - “@ Scarlett
Sumac,
Thanks for the
drop in. That's a '75 ES-175.
Original
owner
etc.…”
6:06PM - “I'm late.”
6:03PM - “@
fernsy,
Thanks for
reading.
Twain didn't
suffer fools, and while in his
later li…”
3:40PM - “Cold winds through the
Columbia Gorge at times but
nothing
like it's been
before.…”
12:20PM
Alsoknownas's Links
1980's Thirty years ago, thirty days ago
I missed the 80's. Not miss the 80's, just plain missed them. They didn't beckon me or have much to do with who I became.
I guess I was too young to slow down and appreciate the decade. I just dove headlong pell mell into being married and starting up.
Here's the only… Read full post »
I Met Mark Twain Again
I met Mark Twain again.
It's been nearly 117 years since he came through town in the flesh. That was early August in 1895. He was on the first leg of a long journey of lectures that would take him across the ocean and through countries that most who heard him… Read full post »
Rattus rattus
It's always something. This time I need to stop feeding the birds and having firewood stacked in the side yard.
About three weeks ago I came home in the dark and right there in the front of the house, up in the Vine Maple was a rat. Rattas rattus to be… Read full post »
Etta James and Johnny Otis: Synchronicity
The news this morning is that two of the greatest Rhythm & Blues musicians of all time have passed away. Johnny Otis, most famous I suppose as the singer of the doo-wop hit "Willie and the Hand Jive" is gone at age 90.
Etta James, is probably best known for a… Read full post »
A Squirrel's Eye View
Trees and stones.
Most everywhere I turn are trees, ferns, boulders and pebbles. Some are natural, their growth part of a bigger scheme, set where they are without my input. Outside my office are some planted by landscapers. The birds can’t really tell they are plants native to another c/… Read full post »
I've Done Three Years @ OS
I won’t make it to the OS party Saturday tonight. If the doomsayers are correct it could be the last New Year’s Eve blast ever. End of Times predictions and all that. Not worried about it myself but just in case, we went to a big party last night with… Read full post »
Beth's OC: 7 Things I Do Not Like
I put this off for awhile because it was difficult to come up with seven things I don’t like. Not because there aren’t at least seven, but because if I don’t like them I don’t want to think/… Read full post »
OS Wishes Happy Birthday to alsoknownas
I turn 60 today.
I thought that when I turned 60 it would be a day to celebrate accomplishments, to look back at the successes and a few failures that greeted me along the way.The ones that made up my fabric and defined me would be easy to separate from the others.… Read full post »
Sun Halo
Mid-day deep in the forest in the Pacific Northwest, cirrostratus clouds formed with microscopic ice crystals. Somehow through magic and science, borne of providence or serendipity, or the unlikely combination of them all, sunlight made itself known .
The scientists tell… Read full post »
Fiction Friday : One Thousand Stars
“one thousand stars i’ve wished upon
then dreamt ‘til morning’s nigh
midst conquered fears and fleeting truths
they glint upon mine eye”
Miss Barkley wrote the verse in flawless cursive on the black board and… Read full post »
Hummingbird Throw Down
Eight feet out my window at work is a little peak at nature seldom seen. I'm guessing that since in about a month I'll hit 60 and I've never seen it.
Maybe a hundred feet out is a creek. It runs another three hundred feet in a white water tumble into… Read full post »
Father's Day Reflection: We Laughed All the Way Home
This is a re-post from 2010 in response to the open call to write an essay about one's "father as a person". This only touches on but a few of his characteristics.
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I came home from my Dad's final resting place&nbs… Read full post »
I Meant To Call You Mother's Day
Another year has passed and I find myself at times still thinking to reach for the phone. Mom might like to have me read her part of this article I just read. Mom would think this is a funny headline. Mom would know if you’re really supposed to put butter on a burn,… Read full post »
01/01/11: 2 Laps Around the Sun @ OS
Not much of a post.
Got here two years ago today.
Third lap starts now.
Going to give it try. Read full post »
Bells Will Be Ringin' Merry Christmas OS
Merry Christmas to all.
And a special thanks to those who bring a measured thought to these pages.
Be well and safe. Read full post »
Father's Day Reflection: We Laughed All the Way Home
I came home from my Dad's final resting place , laid down and wrote this piece in my head. The next morning I pounded it out on my old Royal typewriter. I kept the now yellowed pages and will share it here today . Through the miracle of modern technology I can also… Read full post »
10 Replies : AtHomePilgrim's Open Call
I’ll jump in. Here’s 10.
1. What is your favorite word? Onomatopoeia. It sounds like something.
2. What is your least favorite word? Fired.
3. What turns you on? Actually fin… Read full post »
I Meant To Call You Mother's Day
I meant to call.
I picked up the phone to tell you the hummingbirds were starting to show up. They move so fast down by the alders next to the creek that it seems they may not have even been there when I glance back to see them again. The aviary… Read full post »
The Compatibility of Dogs and Kats
It’s not always true. The rumors of incompatibility are greatly exaggerated.
Twenty years ago, maybe it was twenty five, the back yard called out for change. It was easy enough to decide from the window looking down, the one next to the pedestal sink where the morning gets into gear after… Read full post »
Three Sentences: Please Don't Wait For Me
It seemed like a good idea at first, to wait by the turnstile for my visitor. But, why would this stranger appear right then, at such an inopportune moment, distracting me with all manner of extraneous details about their train which had not arrived yet? I took it to mean that… Read full post »
Unflouncing - A New's Years Note
December 31,2009
The First Post of mine, trivial as I have seen by any was made 01/01/09.
This first year cruising the site, making some friends along the way and enjoying the passion of many is wrapping up today. An interesting read it has been.
I hope to have time in… Read full post »
OS Editors Revoke Pass: Steve Blevins Remains Committed
In a show of strength, the OS editors have decided to revoke Steve Blevins weekend pass and will see to it that he remains committed to the asylum from which he wrote yesterday. Spurning constant requests to the contrary and in an effort to make OS look and feel like an… Read full post »
Sheepdog's Two Truths and One Lie
Here's my contribution to the game today. Two are true and one is not.
1.) I worked backstage with a magician in college and learned the secret (won't be able to tell however) of the most often used technique to make levitation appear to be real.
2.) I have had the… Read full post »
Have You Hugged Your Boss Today?
I am an independent contractor sort which means I am in an environment full of others of the same ilk. It's hard to get fired because it just costs the company. It also makes it doubly hard to remain tactful. I guess that is second nature to those who are "employed".… Read full post »
Vocal Blogger Paul Harvey Signs Off
You didn't have to like him or his politics to listen. The sonorous quality of Paul Harvey's voice and his never failing hook at the segue just made you want to listen.
Bloggers here and everywhere could learn from his style. It had human interest. It had a flavor that couldn't… Read full post »
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