I'm resurrecting my 2008 Resolutions. How can that be 5 years ago? Those resolutions were the closest I have come to having a list that I could embrace. I used to keep it by my desk, and...
Given that the Mayan calendar did not deliver its doomsday scenario, I rather doubt the fiscal cliff will either, I had some 'stuff' to get done before the close of the year. I was pleased to see that I'm not the only person waiting until the last minute to spend medical FSA dollars.
My regular...
We are celebrating the holiday simply this year. Gift giving is minimized--we all have what we need, and our wants are small. I have a wreath on the door, but I did not put up a tree. No, I'm not bah-humbug, but we are doing the things that are important: spending time...
"No one could accuse me of being prolific," I mutter to myself when I see (1) how long it has been since my last post, and (2) how few posts I've made in any month.
It has been a busy year, and absent...
My friend, Bob Blake, recorded a segment on PBS's "This I Believe". You can listen to it here. Bob is a special friend of mine in that he is the one of just a few people (I wrote only, at first, and that seemed too narrow, but that may have been correct) in my off-line life with whom ...
Here it is, the the ungrouted patio on my SR project. It is beautiful, and I'm thrilled. Today the brick layers will use a grout bag and mortar the joints.
The patio is just the right...
What a joy it was to be a Thanksgiving guest. My daughter and her husband did an outstanding job. Everything was perfect! (And I did serve as the turkey technical advisor). While it was the first time in 26 years that I've not hosted TG, the happy circumstance, it was also the first time in 34...
Here it is Thanksgiving, and for the first time in 26 years, I'm not charged with putting on the dinner. My daughter and her new husband want to host TG dinner at their home.
I am feeling much...
I'm still toying around with my grass pictures that I took a couple of weekends ago. I sure like this rendition which I achieved using the posterizing and inversion layers. It is just 'hack' work,...
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