Mo’ Detroit

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

stay on the bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmX8pGBJyvo 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 … Continue reading

all the monkeys

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

Lovin’ Lloyd

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 ain’t goin’ underground

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

it’s not our fault…we did all we could

OK….so here’s the deal. While trying to make a bad situation better, I broke the part on the car that made things bad….and in the end, only made things terrible. Of course, “terrible” is relative. “Terrible” is really when the … Continue reading

lake people

We rode our bikes around one side of the lake yesterday. The minivan is down for a while….so taking all 6 of us in one vehicle is pretty impossible….so we took two vehicles loaded with people and bicycles….and went to … Continue reading

all this fear keeps things rolling smooth

I can’t coordinate everything in my head and fall asleep at the same time. I can’t do it. I realized that about 11:30 last night….and had to try to clear my head so I could nod off. I was worried … Continue reading

blackholemotherfreakin’partsuckingblacknessdarksideofhades…….Dodge Grand Caravan.

I did a lot of our car repair work that I needed to do this morning. Changed the plugs and reattached the transmission cooler in the Jeep….replaced the thermostat and tried to find the very slow coolant leak in the … Continue reading

Another Willy

There’s so many “Willies” in the world. If you’re playing music, and your name is Willy, and you aren’t Willie Nelson….well, then….what chance do you have? I’m kidding, of course. There’s more to it than just having a name like … Continue reading