Followers of this blog will surely remember the story of the onions that refused to die from a couple of weeks ago. . . April 30th, 2012.

This is the follow-up~

 They seemed to like the night time...

 Serpent-like, this one . .  I pho… Read full post »

    At sunset yesterday, the fifth of May, already feeling twice baked after a day on the lake (and having snared a snake but eating no cake...), we intrepid campers endeavored to go... drum roll... NIGHT FISHING, after a well needed nap in the wind-blown ninety farenheit tent.… Read full post »

During a previous long-term incarnation here at opensalon as tr ig and trig palin and maybe a few others (but all under the same account) I have falsely given the impression that I am only a partial . .

. .tool,

a half-assed tool,  

a semi-lucid… Read full post »

They survived harvest last year because I'd lost all interest in gardening after 30 days straight of 105f. They were covered then anyway in the dead midget red corn remnants, purple swiss chard that I never even ate, wild-crazed arugula gone to seed- not to mention weeds of a… Read full post »

Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water.^[5]

-that, from wiki... 

Really, I don't know much about feng shui, not at all-- but when designing this deck with the customer... on the spot (on your feet engineering I sometimes call it), we began joking a littl… Read full post »

        Strange it is sometimes how we meet the coolest people...   

    ... last spring or early summer a lady from the neighborhood found my wandering dog down the alley and returned him, introducing herself as Barb.

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 I was critical of some that responded to that favorite song open call, whoevers' it was, as I just can't see, ever, naming one song as favorite of all time. Maybe favorite song of a certain artist like Miguela did (Dylan), or perhaps favorite song in a particular genre.

There's just… Read full post »

   My girlfriend way back then, Cheryl (all picture credits here to her) was a journalism major at KU in the early 80's. One of her required courses, as is proper and appropriate, was photography. The above was a study in 'depth of field,' the two below, in shadow and lighting.… Read full post »

Text just in:

Dad, San Diego is absofuckinglutely stunning.

My reply: Son, I toad ya. 

Dropped him at the airpote today and hardly even cried! I'm getting used to all this I guess.

He said his time here couldn't have been any more wonderful, and ya know, that makes me feel… Read full post »

How many times have I done some or another version of this post?

Fifty? Ninety-nine? No matter. . . to me it never get's boring (the DOING that is, must admit the blogging part is getting a bit old to me).

If it does to you (the reading and or… Read full post »

In Dallas last week I acquired a Canon G10 'powershot' 14.7 megapixel digital camera as partial payment for helping Barry (bbd at OS) rebuild his back deck. You may know, Barry is a professional photographer, so when he told me it was a great camera and made the offer, I jumped all… Read full post »

Being away from the computer for a week, I'm having difficulties getting my oversized head and dark little heart into writing much.. it seems. Maybe-- don't know where to begin, but here's to trying . . .

Knowing Eli was graduating "A" school at hospital corpsman training for the… Read full post »

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Can't remember the year beyond the approximate of circa 1980... maybe 81-

-Was living in hippy liberal Lawrence (pretty much the only city in Kansas that can be called that), when my girliefriend roommate and I decided, consciously as I recall, to not have a TV in the house.

The whys… Read full post »

I know some of you think it's silly, but I like fishing, so each year around this time I start getting prepared, a ritual that involves cleaning and oiling reels, then re-stringing with fresh line (yes, fishing line can become un-fresh)... cleaning out and re-arranging/re-stocking the tackle box.

Th… Read full post »

 The boat is fixed! Last time out, in the fall, it took an hour, plus the help of some good Kansas guys that happened to pull up at the launch, to get it started. 

They passed me the card of Joe, the boat repair guru that they travel 100 plus… Read full post »

      A creepy guy named Marion was hitting on her relentlessly at the bar we were both hanging out at.. the Harbor Lights on Mass. Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Seeing that she was a bit uncomfortable with the situation, I struck up a conversation over a game of pool.… Read full post »

Only two days ago I was accused of cyber-espionage. This you probably know from my last blog, but if not, take a look. That is of course, absurd...

.. right..

BUTT, tonight I was talking on the phone to asia rein.

She said "oh look, I got a late comment… Read full post »

The namesake of the joint.

The blue moose is quite rare, so the hunter that snared this one, ecstatic upon it's capture, built a restaurant around it.

Employed there, on special occasions, is a guitar playing crooner type. 

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