Category: Life
Mighty Hands
Yesterday I dug four holes four feet deep. Anyone who has dug holes for concrete pillar forms knows what I nightmare this can be. These are the rare times I envy the Southern folk, those who have the soft sandy soil, and no concerns about a four foot frost line. Putting in a porch down [...]
The Surprise Party
Enjoying the party On March 5th some friends and family had a surprise birthday party for my cousin Arielle. I was the instigator, and grand architect, but I had a lot of help. Other people suggested the main course, brought the dessert, made the meal, and set the table. You should know I don’t know [...]
ABNA Out
On Thursday the list of entrants that advanced to the second round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest was posted on line. I did not make the cut. This stung. I doubted I would win, I found it likely that I would not make it past the second cut, but I felt pretty certain [...]
Winter is a Friend
The snow is falling thick and fast outside my window, and the weather report says we could end up with a total of nearly two feet. With this as the atmosphere, I sit down to write about winter. Winter is like a friend. Not so, you say? True, sometimes it is very easy to think [...]
Black Garlic
I am not particularly cosmopolitan in my eating. At the end of the day the types of food I will eat are of moderate variety, and those which I really enjoy or which you will find my regularly grazing upon is an even more limited selection. However, I am a curious fellow, and perhaps I [...]
January Deluge
On Monday, January 25th the daytime temperature climbed to 50F, and it rained. A lot. With the ground still frozen and the snow rapidly melting, we were caught in a deluge. Behind the house, Choconut Creek rose rapidly in a flash flood. The water, murky and violent, was almost dizzying to watch up close as [...]
Entering the ABNA Contest
I was up very early this morning. Actually, I got up a few minutes before 12:00 AM. You see (as I informed cousin A) I was chasing fame and glory and riches. This is also known as entering the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Submissions opened at 12:01 AM Monday morning and submissions will stop [...]
What I did Last Summer
I am the sort of person who is always doing “something,” a “something” which can be describe as some productive project or getting into trouble–this depending somewhat on what I am currently doing, and your opinion of what defines “trouble.” I like to work with my hands. I like to fix and make things. During [...]
Dreaming of a Pink Bathroom Scale
Today I will write about dreams I had this week, just so you can all worry about my mental stability. Don’t let Freud get his hands on this. Early this week I had a dream about a scale. It was bright florescent pink and made from a textured plastic fabric. Apparently I had bought it, [...]
What Pictures Say
There is the old familiar saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” The sentiment is only partly true. A picture of the Grand Canyon can convey its physical appearance far more clearly than a thousand words. But a picture tells you very little about what someone thought about the Grand Canyon. If someone brings [...]
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