I’ve been considering adding a new banjo to the family for some time. I won’t even try to really convince anyone I need one. I checked the formulas for how many banjos a guy needs, applied the R factor, filled a blackboard with calculations, checked… Read More
Doing a little bit of early morning YouTube surfing and what do I find? It’s the amazing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings covering Woody Guthrie. I’m not even kidding. Brace yourselves…..
A number of people, upon hearing of my impending retirement from my day-job, have asked what I’m going to do, but really they mean, what job are you going to get. Job? I don’t intend to get a job. You could become a consultant. No,… Read More
When I left for work this morning it was raining. By the time I got there it was pouring. At lunchtime, well, it was still pouring. By the time I left work, it had stopped finally. It started raining again as I took the partners… Read More
In one of my Lazy Allen stories, My Dog’s Bigger than your Dog, I mentioned the Clown Prince of Polka, Walter Solek. In the story, the narrator, Lazy Allen, tells his buddy Staashu about the day he played poker with Walt Solek at a stag… Read More
It didn’t occur to me that my impending retirement from my day-job would come with a mess of paperwork, but as it turns out it does. Forms galore. Add a declaration or two. Documentation. There is benefits stuff, insurance stuff, pension stuff…and some choices to… Read More
Not that kind of hanging. Mosaic hanging day. We took advantage of the nice weather to hang one of the snowy owl mosaics and also a butterfly mosaic. This was good timing because just yesterday, Tuija (who walks the partners when we’re at work)… Read More
What a beautiful day. Temperatures are well about freezing today and it feels like spring. Hard to believe just last week it was -30 (minus a million with the wind chill). I took advantage of the warmer weather and did a repair job on our… Read More
I’m really looking forward to gardening this year. Since I’m saying bye-bye to the work-a-day world, I’m going to structure in regular gardening time (after my morning swim and before a painting session?), and I expect to be able to tackle some garden projects as… Read More
This night two years ago I didn’t get much sleep, as it was the eve of Tuffy P’s liver surgery. For those who don’t know, my wife volunteered to be an anonymous living liver donor. That means she gave up something like 65% of her… Read More
27th Street 