9/11

A few weeks back my mother got out her sewing machine but the thread kept clogging up, it seems the spool thing wasn't working correctly. She wanted to take it to the repair place, which is about a hundred miles north. Since she wanted to go on Labor Day weekend… Read full post »

Never throw an idea away. That is one of the first rules of being an artist.

It all started about 25 years ago when I was taking an introductory 3 D art class. We had an assignment, create something out of an ordinary pair of sunglasses. The only rule was that… Read full post »

9/4

Day two of my mini vacation. I laid in bed until 8 this morning. I remember when getting up at 11 was early but these days I am usually awake by 6:30. Ah the days of wasted youth.

Anyhow living at a crossroads means that any holiday weekend is going… Read full post »

8/28

Today would be my father's birthday, he would have been 82. Don't smoke kids.

These chips are burning the hell out of my mouth!!!!!! I completely forgot that I went and visited one of my friends on Saturday. I has seen her on Friday at the gas station, on my… Read full post »

8/21

I was considering being lazy today but somehow got out of bed. I woke up early, why is it the only day I could really sleep in is Wednesday. Since the weather will start to change soon I had better take advantage. So I headed out for a walk. I… Read full post »

I can't believe I have been sitting on this post for this long. I was originally inspired to write it by Dorinda Fox's  "Slow death of starvation in cave: lurking on campus at night ". Her story reminded me of a movie I hadn't seen in over thirty years. It started me thinking… Read full post »

8/14

Wow, it's Saturday and nobody wants me to do something for them. There is only one thing to do, go for a walk. So I got up and headed out.

I considered climbing the hill but I wasn't in the mood so instead I took the South West route around… Read full post »

There were two major stories on the same subject this week, each had to do with 9/11. One got plenty of press and the other was swept under the rug. And what were those stories?

The first is the well known one. A group got permission to build a community center,… Read full post »

8/7

I can't put it off any longer, I need a haircut. If you have been keeping up (that's OK, I can't remember what I wrote months ago) you will remember that the barber I go to was forced out of his shop, packed up and headed over the mountain to… Read full post »

I was sitting on an outbound plane leaving Denver. Something had gone wrong with the onboard computer's air conditioner and if it overheated in mid flight we would all be dead. I had to make a connecting flight to Amsterdam and if I missed it there wouldn't be another flight until… Read full post »

 This is a re post from Feburary. 

When I got out of college jobs prospects were thin and unless you knew someone you were going to be looking for a while. Imagine my surprise when I got a call from a local newspaper and was offered a position in the ad composing… Read full post »

7/31

It rained all night. First it would just dump then it would slow down to a mist and then dump again. I woke up and looked out and the world had been scrubbed clean. The deer were out nibbling on the neighbors trees and it was a perfect day to… Read full post »

7/24

It's family reunion day! Of course it's cold and the clouds are hanging on the mountains. None the less we are packing up stuff and getting ready to head out to the park.

This weekend also just happened to be the 25th anniversary of the state park so the… Read full post »

Welcome to the United States of America, birthplace of modern democracy. Here we not only have the right to select the President but anyone can run for the highest office in the land. Well, not quite, the fact is that the modern system is set up to make sure only those chosen by the… Read full post »

7/17

Last week I ran into my brother and he mentioned he wanted to move the cows to a different pasture today. Since, in the past, I have found myself sitting around waiting for him to show up only to discover later that he changed his plans but forgot to let… Read full post »

7/9

Well it's off to Denver. I had some in-house stuff to do at work but I rushed through them a little quicker than I should so I could take off early. That's not to say I didn't do a good job on them but normally it would have taken a… Read full post »

7/3

My brother dropped his dog off for the weekend. I guess his in laws are having a reunion and his house is overrun. The dog is old and grumpy so they brought him over so he could enjoy a little peace and quite and wouldn't be underfoot the whole time.… Read full post »

Here's a few interesting facts about America.

If the colonies lost the Revolutionary war the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were signing their own death warrants.

General George Washington lost more battles in the Revolutionary War than he won.

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von St… Read full post »

6/26

It was a bad day.

Sanding glass. Basically doing busy work to occupy my mind.

6/27

They are having a free weekend of HBO. I feel like I have to watch, after all it's free, if I didn't have the TV on I would be losing money! What… Read full post »

There's a figure 8 track in my back yard. It starts at the back porch, it runs around the far side of the garden patch then turns  along the fence between the front and back yard. From here it turns again and runs along the side of the house back to… Read full post »

6/19

A peaceful Saturday, for me at least. Since it's been hot this week I got up early and went for a walk. I didn't get carried away and climb the hill or anything like that but I had spotted some really good glass for my project when I was walking… Read full post »

6/12

About 10 years ago my brother made a deal, property and a discount on a new house in exchange for handling the engineering and permit paperwork on the housing development. Ever since he has been landscaping the yard. At first it was simple stuff like building a deck and planting… Read full post »

Today Cranky Cuss wrote an interesting post about googling one's self, What the Hell? . I figured I would give it a shot, and I shouldn't have. I like living in my little insignificant almost invisible world, it makes me happy. Then I am reminded that sometimes, unintentionally, I have an impact… Read full post »

 6/5

Woke up early. I guess if you wake up at the same time every day it technically isn't early but it isn't when I want to wake up so I call it early. Anyhow instead of getting up I read a couple of chapters of To Kill A Mockingbird.… Read full post »

In the 1980's my favorite show was Hill Street Blues. The Stephen Bochco crime drama was unique among police programs of the time, unlike it's contemporaries it was gritty and realistic. The police uniforms were not custom tailored, there were no spectacular car crashes (ala CHIPS) and the… Read full post »