Last Tuesday I finished a draft of the memoir which now has been given the working-title “Mustache Dad.” I printed it off and it’s sitting in a stack beside me. Though it’s full of issues and thin parts and likely pages upon pages that will be cut, there is quite a feeling of accomplishment to [...] Continue Reading »
mustache dad
5pretty pictures (and a sales pitch)
0Yesterday’s efforts toward making money resulted in a $3 sale. I am encouraged by this, but needless to say I must try some more today. Which brings me to today’s announcement… MARCH 26 2013: I’ll send along an original paper quilt and 2 CDs from Levon Walker with any purchase. Happy art shopping! Maybe if [...] Continue Reading »
south dakota in photos
1I got back in the truck a few days ago to find a water bottle knocked over and spilled on my phone. There is my excuse for the absence. I’ve just went over the pictures from the trip a little bit while Ashley and Addair slept. The depressing fact is that a lot of the [...] Continue Reading »
seven. doing simple things
1SEVEN Graning Paint is a family affair under the interstate that shares a stance with Ray’s Market which supplies the population under the bridge with the coldest brown paper sack they could ask for without leaving the comfort of home. At Graning Paint they have ashtrays on the sales counter, always ask “cash or charge?” [...] Continue Reading »
here’s what I tell myself
0One week until I shall be released. I find myself staring at billboards and wishing I could eat a Baconator. They said to get used to eating from a blender, but a blender is useless. My teeth are clenched, braced, wired and banded meaning only a liquid can navigate the precipice. No small particles, herbs, [...] Continue Reading »
beach butts
1Hazel goes vagabondia, goes light blue
0The Oklahoma house is nearing the final stretch. The ladies picked out the final foundation color, and as you can see it was a bit of a committee decision. I do as I’m told. And as my friend Luis (a very good painter) says when asked his opinion, “If you like it, we love it.” [...] Continue Reading »
growing up (but not taking it too seriously)
1“Natural happiness is what we get when we get what we wanted, and synthetic happiness is what we make when we don’t get what we wanted. In our society, we have a strong belief that synthetic happiness is of an inferior kind.” (Dan Gilbert) A few weeks back, I listened to the TED talk this quote [...] Continue Reading »
taking in the moments and even the little spaces in-between
0Happy June and National Go Barefoot Day This summer I will be focusing on slowing down and being quiet. And so I took some time to think about how this will look for me: I’ll be including an empty space into my daily schedule. In this space I plan to be intentional about slowing [...] Continue Reading »
pictures i like: today was for working but not the day after this one
4Did you notice _y cleverness in not using the letter _ in today’s title? The next task on the ToDo list will be to google what your suppose to do for keyboards that no longer type all their letters Or if any of you know write in Also I would like to say that [...] Continue Reading »