cello days

Traveling down the highway, road tripping at 65 miles an hour…the not uncommon exclamation, “Did you SEE THAT?!!” as we quickly pass another milestone or marker….each of us seeing something a little different from the other. Most of the time, … Continue reading

today may be a good one

I deliver mail. I’ve mentioned before that delivering mail is the job I do.  Six days a week, I sort and load my collection of bills and checks, letters and magazines, good news and maybe even some bad news….and then … Continue reading

I’m listening

My daughter found this on YouTube…pretty funny. “I think we all know who the real boss is.  The real boss is the one who does…the tickling.” Our three-year old has, seemingly all of a sudden, gotten lucid. It’s strange to … Continue reading

how big is a bushel?

“Hide it under a bushel?  NO!  I’M GONNA LET IT SHINE.” How big is a bushel? And just what am I hiding my light under? I wrote a blog post about Lloyd Kahn yesterday…and it got me thinking about “right … Continue reading

grow up not old

“I like builders, like I like farmers, because they have to deal with real things.  Things have to work.” I’ve written about Lloyd Kahn before…but here’s a short video where he talks about his homestead and his early years working … Continue reading

dog shopping

We promised our three-year old that we would get a dog. He’s not the kind of kid who harps on this dog promise.  He excitedly reminds us that we are going to get a dog sometimes, but he really doesn’t … Continue reading

Piers

Sometimes, it’s not only friends who recommend and lead you to good new music. Ben Harper mentioned Piers Faccini as being someone he enjoyed. So, trusting Ben Harper’s judgement….I discovered Piers Faccini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sq7JLExmQ A big time for me is brewing … Continue reading

my father took a ride on Hitler’s yacht

After my father passed away a couple of years ago, we were looking through some of the old photo albums my sister had found. One of the albums was a bunch of snapshots that he’d collected from when he was … Continue reading

ugly guitars

One of my favorite scenes in any Indiana Jones movie is the one where he gets an opportunity to pick the Holy Grail. I think it was in the third movie…Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Anyway, he’s in this … Continue reading

the udu defense

I’ve spent some time in courtrooms. I’ve served on a couple of juries….and I’ve watched a couple of courtroom dramas. I’ve just never been formally charged with anything. “Formally charged…”  that’s kind of funny.  Actually, I’ve never had any charges … Continue reading