Life

Where I Want to Live

October 4, 2010

The Suarez family, friends of my brother Arlan, were planning to redo their kitchen, and so offered the old cabinetry to our family. Since the cabinets in at Mom and Dad’s are ancient steel monstrosities that are probably at least thirty, if not fifty, years older this was an opportunity for frugal upgrading. The cost [...]

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Happy Drink

October 1, 2010

(Click on image for larger copy.) Some people get to have all the fun. Every person’s metabolism is unique. Food affects each of us differently. Some people never can weight, others struggle to keep it off. And for some people, sugar affects their bodies like a controlled substance. My cousin Arielle is one of those [...]

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Digital Drawing

September 30, 2010

The attentive reader will have noticed that in the last few days some artistic work, in the form of comics, has appeared on this website. For the curious, I have been creating them using a drawing tablet. I use a stylus that looks something like a pen and draw on a tablet that looks something [...]

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The Tragedy of New Socks

September 28, 2010

(Click on image for larger copy.) Last week I broke down and bought myself some new socks. It had come to the point where most of a certain bunch of socks had holes in the heels, and were working on complete disintegration on the bottom. They were headed toward the state of being more absent [...]

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Do You Dream in Color?

September 24, 2010

Someone recently commented to me that they dream in vivid colors. This made me stop and think: Do I dream in color? Since it is hard to recall a whole collection of dreams in detail, on the spot, it is hard to give a scientific answer. But my best recollection is this–Sometimes, I definitely dream [...]

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My Day in Comic Form

September 23, 2010

Spent four hours up on a ladder painting. Instead of writing about that, I supply you with this comic rendition: Click on the image for larger, better, copy.

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Mighty Hands

June 18, 2010

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 [...]

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The Surprise Party

March 31, 2010

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 [...]

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ABNA Out

February 28, 2010

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 [...]

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Winter is a Friend

February 25, 2010

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 [...]

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