Today, Hilary turned 19 years old. Hannah and I went out to UMass to take her to dinner. We found a great pasta place appropriately named Pasta e Pasta. I would post pictures, but I can’t figure how to get them off my new cell/camera. Hilay received a new fake Prada bag that I got […]
After dinner last night at Jeff and Karen’s, I picked up US 41 (your typical four lane divided highway) at the end of Bellemeade, and I headed north towards the Marriott. As I passed over the Lloyd Expressway, I saw a white van coming up the off ramp, entering my lane, heading in my direction. […]
Last night’s storm dropped sixteen inches of snow on Torroemore where Susan lives and Diane is hiding.
On our way home from Kansas, Peter suggested we stop at the Missouri Botanical Museum. The first display was a room with eight thousand orchids, followed by a greenhouse with Camelias in bloom, then a rainforest dome, and finally an outdoors Japanese Garden. Photo Gallery
I finally bought a heater for working outdoors. It’s a tricky thing to use. First, it works best if the only job scheduled for the day is sitting in front of it drinking coffee. Secondly, turning the thing on reminds me of our old unpredictable gas grill where safe operation depended on distance from the […]
Niagara gallery.
This trip I ran into two monster traffic jams. The first one, right before Cleveland, I dodged by following truck drivers who seemed to know where they were going. The second one, near the center of Louisville, forced me to take the first available off ramp and right by the Louisville Visual Art Association. How […]
Stopped at Panera Bread for dinner.
Clearly, the best broad view of the falls is here from the Canadian side, but for getting close to the action I liked that slick overhanging platform.
I found another Eric Grohe in Niagara Falls. The problem with his early work is that his paint fades, as it has here. I was delighted to catch this woman with her stroller because she looks like she’s in the painting. See, she’s gone now. Given that I was in the area, I decided to […]
The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits. When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten. The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are […]