the trouble with voicing fear

  Man. I’m thinking about that treehouse….imagining how to make it “baby proof”….figuring out how to keep physically competent maniacs from launching themselves over the edge. And….that’s a problem. The trouble with voicing fear is that, sooner or later, if something … Continue reading

HOLY SMOKES!! IT’S A TREEHOUSE!!

The older kids had a treehouse when they were little. I built it out of scabbed together wood and rough materials…..and a lot of love. That’s all you have sometimes….a tiny bit of money….and some love. I painted it green. I … Continue reading

What was it like to be Shirley Chisholm?

I don’t know a whole lot about Shirley Chisholm. What I know is what I remember from reading the headlines on my paper route back in New Jersey….before we moved to Georgia…..and what I read in Wikipedia now….so I don’t … Continue reading

to be 12…forever

Dan Price out in Oregon….in his small underground home. Pared down to the essentials….constantly getting rid of things. I like to go to thrift stores and BUY, BUY, BUY!!! A bargain that closes things in around you is really not … Continue reading

low bucking it on a bike….although, it would have to be a pretty darn wide bike to handle all of us….and a trip wouldn’t be a real trip if it couldn’t handle all of us…..I’m just sayin’.

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all the youtube weirdness….

I watched some of this video this morning and thought, “man….there’s a lot of weird stuff on YouTube”. Then I remembered that a documentary was a film about real things. IT’S NOT YOUTUBE THAT’S WEIRD….IT’S ALL THESE UNUSUAL PEOPLE! Pretty strange. Slab … Continue reading

trash can strat

A co-worker at the post office found a guitar in a trash can a while back. She gave it to me. It was an old Ibanez copy of a stratocaster….a “Silver Series” guitar that, even though it was pretty beat … Continue reading

Hah!! Soda bottle Star (or Moon?)!!

OK….check this out. My daughter sent a photo of the moon in to Jones Soda for possible use as a label picture….and hers was accepted!! Pretty cool. Here’s the label:   I was pretty proud of her….that’s a fun way … Continue reading

the hardest way.

We’re building a treehouse. We’re building a treehouse the hardest way. The hardest way is me….yelling on a ladder…..balancing one side of an unfinished rectangle…..trying to figure out how to screw the end that needs to go around the outside … Continue reading

Jon Gomm

OK. So, I’ve complained about the romance being gone when I’m looking for music. It’s easy to romanticize looking in bins for cheap vinyl. It’s harder to do the same thing when I’m clicking a mouse at the computer. But….how … Continue reading