I wondered this morning how Joni Mitchell was doing. I haven’t heard much lately. Of course, I haven’t checked lately, either. Kind of quiet out there…..the news about Joni. Then I started thinking about her paintings…..and about how we’ll always … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2015
One of the perks of driving around all day delivering the mail is that I get to listen to the radio. I bought a Sirius radio when I’d been delivering full-time for about 4 years…and have a broader range of … Continue reading
Man. It’s a dangerous thing to do early in the morning….to start looking at old pictures. I could start to get sentimental if I didn’t watch myself. It’s pictures like this one….little guys now grown…. Pretty wild to see some … Continue reading
When I was 18, I spent the summer in Hinckley, MN working on some power lines that a company called Commonwealth Electric was building. That was pretty heady stuff for an 18-year-old away from home for the first time for … Continue reading
It’s interesting to see some of these videos. I don’t know who these people are….but watching a video is a fairly painless way to check out their world. It’s nice to be able to turn off the video if I … Continue reading
Holy Smokes. How does it get like this in a major American city? I’m glad it’s not like this where I live. This is both horrifying and amazing to me….a train wreck that I can’t turn away from. Detroit!! Bizarre….. … Continue reading
Man….first it was bicycles and touring on a bike….which is extremely cool….now….here’s a dude on a motorcycle taking an epic road trip. There’s a constant in that equation….the road trip…getting away and seeing some unusual stuff. Sometimes it’s all about getting … Continue reading
We have to talk about “dominion” some….or we’d forget where we stop and the monkeys begin. This reminds me of giving Sparrow a bath….except that she’s too big for a sink bath now. She gets her baths in the bathtub. … Continue reading
Awwwww, man…..”lovin’ Lloyd”? Really? That’s super freaking creepy. I’m just kidding around, anyway….what I should have called this post was “liking Lloyd”. That was more appropriate. I was going to say I should have called it “likin’ Lloyd”….but that looked … Continue reading
I didn’t realize that Mike Oehler, author of “The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book”, built his homes in Northern Idaho. Who knew? Maybe I should have known that if I’d read his book more carefully? From the description in … Continue reading