I figured out this morning that if I pick the coffee grinder up off of the butcher block counter top while I’m grinding, it sounds less like a weedeater and more like a dremel tool. It’s something about the proximity…the … Continue reading
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We took our 4-year-old trick or treating the other night. We took him trick or treating on Halloween night. His success rate went up astronomically. Actually, we took him twice. The first time, Jenny took him into town to … Continue reading
The engineer who figured out a creative way of disposing of a beached (and deceased) whale passed away last Sunday. According to the news report about the engineer’s recent death, it sounded like it was just a matter of being … Continue reading
I overfilled my coffee cup the other morning. On the way back up the steep stairs that lead from the kitchen to the living room, I was watching the coffee move gently in the cup, almost touching the rim of … Continue reading
I don’t always do a good job of appreciating. I try…I pay attention and try to notice the things I should be grateful for…but I don’t always appreciate like I should. I get distracted and forget. The other day I … Continue reading
Some people might say that repetition is the death of creativity. Look at me, for example. I get up every morning at about the same time, go downstairs, put on a pot of water for the coffee, feed the cat … Continue reading
I’m 53 years old now…and I spent 6 and 1/2 years of my life getting a degree in art. Or should I say “Art” with a capital “A”? When I graduated from high school, I wanted to get on a … Continue reading
Monkey has a new tool. For 15 years, we heated with wood. We heated only with wood. In the morning, we got a fire going in the wood stove and then waited for the house to warm up. It was … Continue reading
I wonder how many of my various “worldviews” have been shaped by song lyrics? (People usually use the phrase “worldview”…but I think sometimes it’s not so cut and dried with me…some of it seems to be sort of situational.) … Continue reading
I have a friend who spent some time out in Los Angeles. When he talked about how it was out there, he mentioned that he couldn’t get over how the weather was always the same. He didn’t like the weather … Continue reading