These last few months have seen small activity here on the blog. My apologies, live happens and other things have been taking up my time. What sort of other things? Go-Go kinds of things. I’ve been shooting and editing a ton of video for OntheGo-Go.com which is going to transition into Roll35.com on December 1st. [...]
My friend Deno sent this to me in an email and I think it’s worth posting here. Deno thanks for sharing an awesome lesson. The Charles Schulz Philosophy The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder on them. [...]
Eight years ago on September 11th 2001 I was the Leading Chief Sonar Technician onboard USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. Tuesday September 11th broke with a typhoon heading towards Tokyo Bay so our daily task was to secure the ship for the storm. Around noon someone made a decision to send everyone [...]
There’s a chill in the morning air whispering of autumn. 36 degrees the other morning and 48 degrees today. The morning chill is almost enough to warrant shoes instead of flip flops, and a sweater instead of short sleeves. Almost because I know that the morning sun will warm dawn’s early chill shortly. There are [...]
Last year singer/songwriter Dave Carroll flew United Airlines from Halifax, Canada to Omaha, Nebraska with a layover in Chicago. While on the ground in Chicago a female passenger sitting near Dave and his band, The Sons of Maxwell, exclaimed My god they’re throwing guitars out there. The band looked out the window and sure enough [...]
Last weekend my niece Joanna Ridgeway came to town for a visit, and we went kayaking on the Deschutes River. No white water on this trip, just a pleasant paddle upstream from Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe Shop to the Bill Healy bridge. This section of the Deschutes is backed up by a low damn [...]
It’s June and the Farmers Market is here. Every Wednesday in Drake Park a ton of local growers assemble to sell their produce to the locals of Bend, Oregon. This takes place half a block away from my apartment, and I’ve been looking forward to it since arriving in Bend in January. The supermarkets already [...]
Last month I flew back to Louisiana to stay with my Dad while he recovered from surgery. So I returned to Bend at the end of May, and it is such a gorgeous place. That evening I took a short walk through Drake park along the Deschutes river. In the month I was gone the [...]
Last night a soft spoken lad from Conway, Arkansas beat out a tall flamboyant kid from San Diego, California to become America’s newest Idol. At least that’s what I heard on the radio this morning because I don’t watch the show. The way the commentators on New Orleans’ WWL radio station were talking the glamrock [...]
I’ve been visiting my Dad this month, and his kitchen looks out over the driveway and back yard. While I was doing dishes this morning we had a little visitor amble up the driveway. A little grey fox! What a gorgeous little creature she was with a light grey face and back with red fringe [...]
