"We" (the "Royal" We) bought this kid's art device, a splatter/spinner thing-a-ma-bob, in early or mid December. You know, the kind where you put a piece of card stock into it and it spins it around, and you then squirt paint onto the card stock as it spins, causing these multi-colored circle things... After the first one or two times using it in December, we (not the royal we, but Lailah and I) … [Read more...]
Lailah sightings
February 20, 2016 By
Lailah sightings have been a bit more further apart than usual, this last month or two. She is such a busy girl these days! This is one of two short videos we found of her, dated yesterday. We don't know the exact location where these were made, or even who the videographer/narrator is... First vid is only a minute long and the second is 3-1/2 mins long. [We also found a couple of brand new … [Read more...]
Lailah – tomorrow
February 19, 2016 By
The good news is, I have Lailah tomorrow. Haven't seen her in a couple of weeks. Won't be able to sleep tonight - her coming over to babysit her GranPaBrian. The bad news is, just like when you have a maid, you have this overwhelming urge to tidy up the house first, BEFORE they arrive to clean up the place (in Lailah's case, it's not her coming to clean my place, but to purposefully make it look … [Read more...]
Jeremy Cowart – photographer – video
February 18, 2016 By
Jeremy Cowart I have to admit, when my friend Kathy Pretty Kaczmarek shared this just now, I was going to scroll right past it. But, for some reason, I felt a little bit "compelled" to see what it was about. I'm very glad I did. It is a long (25 mins) video. So, if you don't have time to view it now, "save" it and came back to it when you do have some free time. Set aside 25 quiet minutes in … [Read more...]
Lunch with a friend, and politics
February 18, 2016 By
I met one of my wonderful "friends" today for lunch. We were great friends about ten years ago, but as some friendships do, we lost contact over the years. We renewed our friendship the last couple of years via Facebook, and recently been getting together for lunch and/or movie about once a month. Today, we had another great time, another great conversation with them, catching up, etc. I really … [Read more...]
Vivian Maier – unknown (but now famous) photographer
December 29, 2015 By
It's just freaking how my mind works. A FB friend of mine "liked" a Christmas photo of Marlo Thomas, her husband Phil Donahue, and their family. I'd thought I had heard a rumor about Mr. Donahue's health, so I decided to read his biographical article on Wikipedia. Fortunately, there was no mention of any health problems, and I truly hope he is well. While reading his Wikipedia article, there is … [Read more...]
Recent updates to my website
December 16, 2015 By
First, it's taken me three yrs to figure out I should be using this blog to also record what I'm changing on this website - it's a great way to document all the changes I make. i.e., post an update any time I make changes to the website, like what I'm doing here, documenting the changes I made tonight. Geez, not sure why I didn't think of this before - actually I did, because I created a … [Read more...]
Recent work on my website – wondering if I should change the theme.
December 13, 2015 By
Not sure what happened today, but the day just flew by (after waking up from a nap in the afternoon.) I spent a few hours working on my personal WordPress blog/website - the production site, as well as a couple of others that I use to "experiment" with. Other than posting blog updates (it basically mirrors my FB status postings, but also then sorts them into 'topic categories', as well as various … [Read more...]
Clear motivation to clear your home
November 13, 2015 By
Food for thought: There is no known more motivating power to clean (and tidy) your home than someone who proposes to hand deliver a dessert to your home. 🌋 🎁=🍎,🍒,(what, no emoticon for pie, really??) … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous thoughts and Sunrise photo
November 13, 2015 By
Random thoughts presented to you today by your <put your own flattering word here> blogger. === i woke up to the most brilliant sunshine ever this morning (as compared to doom and gloom of yesterday's lack of sun). Woke up a few days ago, about an hour or more earlier than my usual wake up time, looked out the window and saw this absolutely gorgeous sunrise. Got my camera and actually … [Read more...]
