They just left my house after doing a home appraisal. We got up early and scrubbed for hours. It was one year ago tomorrow that we moved back home. I just sat here a very long time. It feels like I should recap or talk a lot. Nope, the insight is a short one: Explore [...] Continue Reading »
one year home
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2Ashley turned 27 yesterday, and for the second year we commemorated by lazily drifting down the Little River on innertubes. Typically, this adventure is as ferocious as sitting in a bowl of fruitloops. Yesterday they gave everybody small sized tubes so that you could be at risk of tipping even at a still. I appreciated [...] Continue Reading »
used cars
0“Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain’t ever gonna ride in no used car again” Used Cars, the Nebraska Album, Bruce Springsteen
letter to a friend: a painting for a wedding
4[ from a. addair who is listening to Sondre Lerche (Faces Down) ] Things I was thinking about as I made this painting: celebration flag banners “this is the beginning of a parade” surrendering to the story miracles and magic flowers whimsy unpredictability simple delights and surprises fun! interlaced plum trees roots foundation hope and [...] Continue Reading »
sweet emotion
0Ashley is in front of a canvas this morning and that is no simple accomplishment. Nausea, once it comes once, seems to associate with the same situation. Our house makes her nauseous. I make her nauseous. She told me the other day that the only way she could consider working was if I built her [...] Continue Reading »
getting it together
5A month ago I was preaching about taxes and organization. (Our Qualified Joint Venture blog) Ashley and I have a very complicated tax situation, nobody wants me to drag it out and explain it, but I emphasize that it’s very complicated. Thats why I bought the army file cabinet and promised not to fill it [...] Continue Reading »
lee-von and ashley calendar
0The Mason Jar in June: June 8 Arthur Alligood, The Highway Robbery Tour w/ special guest Levon Walker June 25 Circle Modern Dance presents Authentensity II Levon’s upcoming show dates: May 27 Sequoyah Grille, Knoxville 6-10. (Going through the 100 best hits of the 90s until I am asked to stop, at [...] Continue Reading »
follow up
2a stop sign cake
5Today is Ashley’s last day as a crossing guard. School is out for summer and I’m baking a stop sign cake, but don’t tell her.
nearly banned by the fellini kroger
4The Fellini Kroger in Knoxville is commonly considered to be an exhibit of surrealism, hence its nickname after a famous filmmaker. I like that a particular grocery can have a well known reputation, even if the grocer is Kroger, and even if that reputation is ambiguous. Fellini’s is a 24 hour shopping-center-supermarket in it’s original [...] Continue Reading »