tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34532257907309311122024-03-16T14:51:50.192-04:00Change HappensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger719125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-57160273336024111172023-08-08T21:20:00.002-04:002023-08-08T21:20:58.905-04:00CK, here’s the tattoo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From sketch to transfer to tattoo</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHz4bx_oxERbhn8NUXGQMlpF1XYLzVxGqYaIGIYqLlLOqh_Kuo_333RMuMwV25_HsfCPAK6t27gpiTzmw8GJ4hNdeHSs4DOipakbiF_bCf9DoQrVv3mhyuBCwEoYyLtRwhDtwGpXcIyuCGpwoaEK4uu2aiXmwBGYEQq5HwxCCzWDGcDhcN73SMmH1V4us/s1650/Mom.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHz4bx_oxERbhn8NUXGQMlpF1XYLzVxGqYaIGIYqLlLOqh_Kuo_333RMuMwV25_HsfCPAK6t27gpiTzmw8GJ4hNdeHSs4DOipakbiF_bCf9DoQrVv3mhyuBCwEoYyLtRwhDtwGpXcIyuCGpwoaEK4uu2aiXmwBGYEQq5HwxCCzWDGcDhcN73SMmH1V4us/s320/Mom.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIHhN2m7dLip4kfhLK1Jdi7mu2oqdykTVCrDlFaS05csGkU9MjTGxIPj5bxNGwXeTnsghmRaaVhJ4ngTs-UKCzFMgyHx65yGC0juyRGZSlLgi8a6EqpBUdUx46w2J1XJJnlg89E0q_KZDygah3iUCY09GHLHRgu_ZUVs8o42Z1IbopFEVspNIgGYOq74/s4032/IMG_5321.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIHhN2m7dLip4kfhLK1Jdi7mu2oqdykTVCrDlFaS05csGkU9MjTGxIPj5bxNGwXeTnsghmRaaVhJ4ngTs-UKCzFMgyHx65yGC0juyRGZSlLgi8a6EqpBUdUx46w2J1XJJnlg89E0q_KZDygah3iUCY09GHLHRgu_ZUVs8o42Z1IbopFEVspNIgGYOq74/s320/IMG_5321.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwq4HzThZAzN4X_0jGaou9u8Lpv_cV3lh7OMWXHXRO1j22sS3zquu7cNd-CECg-XqYQNhKfdZzGFv1yzOFU5B2cExwdwSlVy8LWc1LMAh7LvI5rw2GZP7W1qpNUtvTecbKvExi3cDuhEp1u_7vyyikuqWfX7VS15sM02Q02OOjyiLsS4ePhXJe19m98M/s4032/IMG_5320.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwq4HzThZAzN4X_0jGaou9u8Lpv_cV3lh7OMWXHXRO1j22sS3zquu7cNd-CECg-XqYQNhKfdZzGFv1yzOFU5B2cExwdwSlVy8LWc1LMAh7LvI5rw2GZP7W1qpNUtvTecbKvExi3cDuhEp1u_7vyyikuqWfX7VS15sM02Q02OOjyiLsS4ePhXJe19m98M/s320/IMG_5320.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtjh5q4CtifmXLXLsV3deeSfhlcN3PnelI9oIrOJdh5TrbnBguJ-Sn2JkoeTBziwk4F_cSxAEZiD8h4gcBcREZdmv_THifjH1sp4yNokUmvq2gF-G-mRDzTNvYmLcMh4bE0z9nuAogikMKRu-VXjBkfsrpiy14VWuAxKfa-6BbmuT_KPCnwY0nxyS0oY/s4032/IMG_5315.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtjh5q4CtifmXLXLsV3deeSfhlcN3PnelI9oIrOJdh5TrbnBguJ-Sn2JkoeTBziwk4F_cSxAEZiD8h4gcBcREZdmv_THifjH1sp4yNokUmvq2gF-G-mRDzTNvYmLcMh4bE0z9nuAogikMKRu-VXjBkfsrpiy14VWuAxKfa-6BbmuT_KPCnwY0nxyS0oY/s320/IMG_5315.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-10486162623104861772023-07-16T23:38:00.003-04:002023-07-16T23:38:44.926-04:00So this is 60<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz445NElp4fDnpud-Ac8RWCJlON0YW_Jptuakdl8kWx7iP028qMfmdv6U8ULSMTJ1Ih3hQvrYfw1lrBWrQVPYR_FsiUBUMW1dy-tvyfhpu8JbxEYWqyq5FvyHq7WQq32aI6rFxPM1MWHs7Mcx0vzZs5WPNqX1oJMXlzOELqu87ID6jJiEK2Sq6hpWkosI/s1004/IMG_1970.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="817" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz445NElp4fDnpud-Ac8RWCJlON0YW_Jptuakdl8kWx7iP028qMfmdv6U8ULSMTJ1Ih3hQvrYfw1lrBWrQVPYR_FsiUBUMW1dy-tvyfhpu8JbxEYWqyq5FvyHq7WQq32aI6rFxPM1MWHs7Mcx0vzZs5WPNqX1oJMXlzOELqu87ID6jJiEK2Sq6hpWkosI/s320/IMG_1970.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><br /> I returned last Saturday from 16 days in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. I met up with my longest childhood friend and we celebrated our 60th birthdays together. We’re one month and two days apart. Then we met up with a friend I first met via this blog, and have visited with multiple times over the years. We hiked. We ate. We laughed, and I was so happy I got to be around still to enjoy these moments.<p></p><p>I have been going out west every ten years for the last thirty years. To celebrate and reaffirm life. They have also come east for me. </p><p>I’m very much a loner, but I am reminded when I visit with these amazing people, how important human relationships are, and how lucky I have been to have two such beautiful souls in my life all these years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiyxeFew7CZ0d5PZo9vG1Hy1kB2rJNe9TUua8CPm19P-jVhTi7Cd3Wsl4DeVYPiQYAq3w_v9odzU4uMvne7VbUE76x6vgbpn8gSFtnZE-W6ne2sxVmfDhE9bo7FOXKN4SF3BzpSTe3Da6SXJJ85zDHZ8ZWQ2aMFJq4p0nIKXz0Qy5CGzEleUK7UzV0Mc/s1012/IMG_1973.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiyxeFew7CZ0d5PZo9vG1Hy1kB2rJNe9TUua8CPm19P-jVhTi7Cd3Wsl4DeVYPiQYAq3w_v9odzU4uMvne7VbUE76x6vgbpn8gSFtnZE-W6ne2sxVmfDhE9bo7FOXKN4SF3BzpSTe3Da6SXJJ85zDHZ8ZWQ2aMFJq4p0nIKXz0Qy5CGzEleUK7UzV0Mc/s320/IMG_1973.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6CE3wxhxyf0GQvXrAvv5-VKiuOEyCwUVlC3ZaTymvUQHloaMplXJEqC1C-TLPZ9slqj7xFYp4TGZ7expdu9MJ6p3OLgNMeQIt3TJ_3VG5HboaCmO5uFRaPC_mZp7v5MMboHlfqidRxwE05tdOZeq9UtoRxYUNCLgmWl6bstV8yTb0H80rt2Uaj_FZ8g/s814/IMG_1972.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="814" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6CE3wxhxyf0GQvXrAvv5-VKiuOEyCwUVlC3ZaTymvUQHloaMplXJEqC1C-TLPZ9slqj7xFYp4TGZ7expdu9MJ6p3OLgNMeQIt3TJ_3VG5HboaCmO5uFRaPC_mZp7v5MMboHlfqidRxwE05tdOZeq9UtoRxYUNCLgmWl6bstV8yTb0H80rt2Uaj_FZ8g/s320/IMG_1972.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-79038343000045042892023-07-16T23:22:00.002-04:002023-07-16T23:22:50.701-04:00American Gods by Neil Gaiman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDZ0ZU_CDhEcPFTDQcfkEbPC8heB44HmnXzfhfOQrilpcRFjQGk7XWm86e9uyxCuhS69BDdQH3607pFNuXzDbfkGk0_BBQ_7uUJowN_kWUce-qfKb01Bubpob9kaLfVqlv8p5JYtMgUO6hMftTkTE59Q7CVs5qS4JjBij82JmVf3euv_mSkn4yA2q8FE/s591/IMG_1968.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDZ0ZU_CDhEcPFTDQcfkEbPC8heB44HmnXzfhfOQrilpcRFjQGk7XWm86e9uyxCuhS69BDdQH3607pFNuXzDbfkGk0_BBQ_7uUJowN_kWUce-qfKb01Bubpob9kaLfVqlv8p5JYtMgUO6hMftTkTE59Q7CVs5qS4JjBij82JmVf3euv_mSkn4yA2q8FE/s320/IMG_1968.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div><br />I just finished reading this 10th anniversary edition of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The book has actually been out for 22 years. I enjoyed the tv show “Good Omens” by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and have been meaning to read something by either or both of them for almost five years. I finally did and this was one weird but wonderful book. It was very interesting, layered storylines, good characters, and just a lot to take in at over 500 pages. <p></p><p>The book had layered storylines for what was going on in reality and what was going on “backstage.” This paralleled the characters. You had who the were introduced as and then who they really were as gods, leprechauns, dwarves, witches, etc. You had the main storyline of the old gods vs the new gods, but also the story of the main character,, Shadow, who he was, what his back story was, and his growth as a character. Toward the last quarter of the book there is the discovery of another of Shadow’s identities and his discovery of a serial killer. I know my description probably sounds jumbled, but all these elements really work well together in this story. Once I get my sci-fi book club book read for this month, I plan to seek out another Gaiman book or maybe one by Pritchett. Recommend.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnH_MaNYqE33MTloOiXEoy7iaZmYg322RWcXrtwoZ7H1hEhAiXMI3Xpi0q0oTQqHZ7o6ETWXroB5AKXX9f6HTGhBCOcu20HdieB9UnwCUnWV0Jb9qzCflxrLGJRFCWctlIkxhueoeVzZMTd1pFjRzUnyI0ulQGgiyZWBE8LHJhQIIx9RJECQfkPSUpGE/s770/IMG_1969.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnH_MaNYqE33MTloOiXEoy7iaZmYg322RWcXrtwoZ7H1hEhAiXMI3Xpi0q0oTQqHZ7o6ETWXroB5AKXX9f6HTGhBCOcu20HdieB9UnwCUnWV0Jb9qzCflxrLGJRFCWctlIkxhueoeVzZMTd1pFjRzUnyI0ulQGgiyZWBE8LHJhQIIx9RJECQfkPSUpGE/s320/IMG_1969.jpeg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-37606434650157763122023-03-07T08:40:00.000-05:002023-03-07T08:40:11.840-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi112_Bq06UVp0H7NQZzRNqyzIIdsAJg1BrinOw4HPmm0WC0BDZ-RcdSckHMWJNuTSPBm5aAslr50lOry6G6I5aZu995HDeOUGc_BRCNWplE4gluIYbY6YMKQTrthVafZPJO4tmIsEV7ZrRG0cCd3eDxiB9H3k4uy3Gz04aXNaDZa7EFTukYhGaGcsT/s243/Screenshot%202023-03-07%20at%208.28.08%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="243" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi112_Bq06UVp0H7NQZzRNqyzIIdsAJg1BrinOw4HPmm0WC0BDZ-RcdSckHMWJNuTSPBm5aAslr50lOry6G6I5aZu995HDeOUGc_BRCNWplE4gluIYbY6YMKQTrthVafZPJO4tmIsEV7ZrRG0cCd3eDxiB9H3k4uy3Gz04aXNaDZa7EFTukYhGaGcsT/s1600/Screenshot%202023-03-07%20at%208.28.08%20AM.png" width="243" /></a></div>I'm always looking for new music and sometimes, just like with books, it also means looking at the classics. This is the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." I've never listened to it before, for a lot of reasons:<p></p><p>(1) I wasn't a teenager when it came out. </p><p>(2) I didn't have a normal college dorm experience so I was never exposed to it. </p><p>(3) I've never experimented with pot, drugs, or this genre of music. </p><p>I had heard a couple of the songs, "Money" and "The Wall" on the radio throughout my life but I never knew which album they were on. So I'm now listening to it, stone cold sober, at almost 60 years of age. </p><p>The opening song felt like I was in a crazy person's brain, confused, hearing voices, not really here, there, or anywhere definable. Some of the following songs felt like I was on heavy cold medicine with part of my brain focused on the music up front while another part of my brain took note of the voices going on in the back of the room. </p><p>Its lyrics also feel very philosophical like I did when I was in my teens: "what is life," "why am I here," "who am I," etc. Surprisingly, it's also a very familiar place to be as you're approaching the end chapters of your book of life. </p><p>I can't say I loved the album, but I also didn't hate it. I think it would be an interesting album to listen to in the background the next time I'm sick. It has a mentally spacey yet relaxing vibe to it. And being deliriously sick and strung out on cold meds is likely the closest I will ever get to experiencing the album as a lot of devotees have. I think it's important to read, listen to, look at, and experience "the classics" in our culture. There are reasons why they have stood the test of time, whether for their artistry or commentary on our society.<br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-91381089495500192412022-11-22T21:44:00.004-05:002022-11-22T21:49:47.158-05:00Safe travels Naomi<p> Naomi has passed. I would post comments on her blog once or twice a year in hopes she would see them, even though she stopped posting in 2015. She lost a sister, her dearest friend, Betty, and her brother in under three years’ time. It was too much for her and her failing health. She turned inward and isolated. I made it a point to check up on her twice a year. Today I checked again only to discover she had passed a couple months after I last checked on her. I choose to remember her joy in nature, her love of her white cat, Sweetie, her “Ladies who lunch,” her plants, and memories of old Hollywood and Broadway. What an interesting life she led! I hope wherever her spirit is, she’s surrounded by those she loved. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpAHhuL_A1XZE92Uvew0heyzz7tMA6jkuS-h2GZrnjvyiOA8Onr0srXfDjT6wLR0G9FC4Oco8wyzKXd5Jfmv0ctd8y0PNqdNypvYfq8D4uue8AIGVHkj1nsIdbkYhEBOAc8Z85GaImEN6hCQlEu3ZJ_CwngvQQ6arpPjilUG6WBtj23k98eYehUlW/s1926/E24A9D96-27CD-453A-8AAD-237DBEE9CE8D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1926" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpAHhuL_A1XZE92Uvew0heyzz7tMA6jkuS-h2GZrnjvyiOA8Onr0srXfDjT6wLR0G9FC4Oco8wyzKXd5Jfmv0ctd8y0PNqdNypvYfq8D4uue8AIGVHkj1nsIdbkYhEBOAc8Z85GaImEN6hCQlEu3ZJ_CwngvQQ6arpPjilUG6WBtj23k98eYehUlW/w388-h640/E24A9D96-27CD-453A-8AAD-237DBEE9CE8D.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are great posts about her life and family from another closer blog friend of hers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2022/08/farewell-dear-naomi.html">http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2022/08/farewell-dear-naomi.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2020/08/talking-with-my-friend-naomi-caryl.html">http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2020/08/talking-with-my-friend-naomi-caryl.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-friend-naomi-caryl-part-2.html">http://avagabonde.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-friend-naomi-caryl-part-2.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've tried multiple times to upload them directly to Blogger, and it shows that its processing, but they've never actually played. So I'll try again and hope it's just taking a little more time. I think I've figured out the problem. Blogger doesn't like the Apple .mov extension. I'm trying mp4 now. I hope the quality is better than it looks in edit mode. I had to insert white boxes around the frame to block out my desktop that Camtasia insisted had to be there to record.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwbFve-upjovZRXSBb168TmiYmNvPdvpiexEBUoMnlvICEetrwHn_lfqRAzUasquzGp2DI3ibpRB_iO-SuF-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The grand bebé, as he is often called, is quite the character. He is happy, curious, and a quick learner. I think he began walking around 8-9 months. I can't be certain because he was walking holding onto stuff before that. His laughter and humor are awesome!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwrZ-gHvMBZqJwAWZR2eomF3X5ZqwCunUK6MvQJ2e2yU02pRiEjwAHWNHpb73uH07GF_IYgDNramYq95uwhFQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The is the moment this babé realized he could walk on his own. His excited giggling sounds a little sinister as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-41203515796194620072022-09-30T16:18:00.000-04:002022-09-30T16:18:23.231-04:00From expecting to one year old<p> Oh how the time flies! I have been busy enjoying my first grandchild, a boy. He is easily the happiest baby I have ever met. To be fair, his father was usually happy and friendly too. That's not to say I haven't seen his crocodile tears appear on occasion, and I was recently treated to the most amazing temper tantrum of him kicking and throwing himself backward as the word "no" achieved meaning in his head. </p><p>Some parents would get a chuckle at seeing how their child handles parenting, but that has not happened with me. I have been so astounded at the love and patience my son has exhibited with his son. My son is a stay-at-home dad, and I know how stressful that can be. But he has been doing great! 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I finally bothered to look into all this and got access back to everything. Now, does this mean I will be posting regularly again? I'm not sure. I got off FB over a year ago, so that's not sucking up my time, but I have been staying very busy. So it's a big, we'll see, I guess. Now to finally get back to commenting on my favorite cyber kitten's blog!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-49505012455863575752021-05-23T17:29:00.001-04:002021-05-23T17:29:06.231-04:00Great News!<p>Lots of changes afoot in our world. My son and his wife are expecting a son in September, and we’re buying a house in a nearby city, so I expect to get back to rehabbing after a couple trips and oral surgery scheduled this summer. Life is full.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-16753502207134253102020-04-14T22:55:00.003-04:002020-04-14T22:56:21.226-04:00I thought of you CK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it’s done, my last child is now married. It was such a sweet and beautiful ceremony, and such a loving and joyous reception.
My son and his new wife have such a great group of friends. They come from all over the world and many different backgrounds. They all skipped work for the day, to attend this wedding on a Monday at mid-day. There were over 100 people in attendance. There was no alcohol but that didn’t even impact the dancing and playfulness of these kids, young adults. I’ve never danced so much in my life, or smiled, or cried so much all in the same day.
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My new daughter-in-law is the sweetest, smartest person my son has ever met. I couldn’t have chosen a better partner for him. I hope they have a very long, happy life together.
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This is Norb, College Professor of Philosophy, mentor, friend, father figure, Director of an Honors College that was his incubator for his collection of people with possibilities. <br />
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Norb changed my life. He changed the lives of the thousands of students he taught, came into contact with, chose, to be part of his experiment to challenge the tragically gifted. 😉<br />
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He was at times fatherly, stern, a cheerleader, a mirror. He created an environment that nurtured learning. He challenged us all to become all that he believed we could be.<br />
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He challenged us to confront “the other” in our fellow students, in our studies, our communities, and ourselves. He introduced us to philosophers, complex ideas, other religions, topics we might never have encountered in our home lives.<br />
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I kept in touch with Norb after moving away for law school, my first professional job, and really the rest of my life. Sometimes he’d surprise me with a phone call, or an e-mail, just because he had been thinking about me and wanted to check in to see how I was doing. He was a personal reference for me for more than one job. He was even a witness for me in court when my divorce and custody proceeding turned nasty. He was the closest thing I ever had to a father. So it was hard when the contact became more infrequent due to his health issues. It became harder to communicate with him and I lived across the country, too far away to drop in on him at home, like other former students could who remained in that town. He passed just about two months ago, and it has taken me his long to finish what I wanted to say. Though I know I’ve still left so much unsaid. I grew up so much under his tutelage. He was such a huge part of my life for seven years, and a life line for all the years that followed. The Honors College will be hosting a memorial for him in September. I will fly back to Arkansas to be a part of it, to join with that community one more time, to remember Norb, and how short our time is with some people, so appreciate those days and every moment you have with them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-42939497978910228242019-05-24T14:33:00.005-04:002019-05-24T20:00:35.596-04:00Rediscovering / Discovering what slipped by me earlier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2009, while driving I don’t know where, I heard a song on NPR, that would play frequently over the next few weeks. The song was called, “Run, chicken, run” by The Felice Brothers. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8-7n0HfdBQ" target="_blank">Run, Chicken, Run</a><br />
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I Loved this song! I loved it immediately, I loved it each time it played. I posted about this song, here on this blog back in 2009, <a href="https://myownzen.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-finally-caught-it.html" target="_blank">I finally caught it! July 1, 2009</a><br />
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For the life of me I can’t figure out why I didn’t listen to more of their songs then, or buy some of their music. I must not have been ready for it yet. I believe things “speak to us” when we need them. Well fast forward to 2019, wow, ten years later, I get an e-mail announcement from Ani DeFranco’s Babeville here in Buffalo. It’s a small music venue in an old church. I saw The Felice Brothers were going to be performing. Even with the passage of ten years, I remembered immediately that these were the guys who did the chicken song. I had to go see them.<br />
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I went with a couple from work and went in hopes they would play the chicken song. I really wanted to hear it live and dance to it, and I’m not a dancer. 🤣 Well, they never played that song, but they did play more recent songs of theirs, plus a number of songs from their newest CD, “Undress.” I was blown away! I was moved nearly to tears. Something about their music, their lyrics, moved me to the core of my creative soul. Something woke up in me that I had forgotten existed. I felt so alive for the first time in years. Their music touched something in me. I suddenly remembered what it felt like to have that energy running through me.I felt like the weight of years had been lifted from me.
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Then, lead singer, Ian Felice, played some songs from his latest solo cd project. I felt like I was in the presence of musical genius. The lyrics were like abstract art that fades in and out of childhood memories and hard lessons learned. I later read musical reviews of the band, Ian, and his new album, <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWyMHPiakLM">In the Kingdom of Dreams.</a>
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The album is introspective, quiet, peaceful, and thought provoking. I have taken to playing this album while I hike because it brings such peace to me, I can’t really put it into words to do it justice. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6qKdZbHck">In Memorium</a> is another great song on his cd.
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These brothers, initially Simone, Ian, and James, but now Simone is off doing other projects, form a really tight musical partnership. I was moved watching James play his accordion. I definitely like a little accordion in a folk-rock band to give it a little something extra. You have to see these guys live, if only to see James play the accordion. When he plays fast, he dances, he smiles, he’s really into it, and when he plays slow, he closes his eyes and smiles as if all that is holy in this world has just delivered him to his zen spot. My admiration stooped to envy in the face of this young man’s joy and passion for what he does. I want to do something that brings that look to my face. I’ve now purchased a couple CDs of theirs, and downloaded even more of their music to my iPod. They are in constant rotation. Here are some of my favorite songs they perform: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Djc0-TD6zg">Radio Song</a> is an uptempo sweet song. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H969jGkRw3Y">Nail it on the First Try</a> Is a good song to see James Felice playing his accordion. And finally, <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9x4S3-wVY">Frankie’s Gun</a> I haven’t loved a band this much in years.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-60886490807061226462018-10-07T19:30:00.001-04:002018-10-07T19:31:35.358-04:00Sigh<img id="id_b0d8_b3e_362f_dafd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vbrhl-FO0bo/W7qWtHNBfaI/AAAAAAAAGLg/HESVKnZS_0YGcaz0VZ6UvARwzcFOTGbLQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-57506198475330259112018-08-31T08:07:00.000-04:002018-08-31T08:09:43.413-04:00Still dropping the weight<img id="id_deb5_e898_927c_dac3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-atKwnSvkd6k/W4kt1-u8FaI/AAAAAAAAGLQ/Njq_hSLaJ8YiLBwWH5-Elhlf8q2Z34rIQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 213px; height: auto;"><img id="id_5ab_2890_1da7_dd70" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uBV9Z926oVw/W4kt1z8pR0I/AAAAAAAAGLM/43tffDxznF4MyJH9wP7K-C3b-uDoPhVxACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 294px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">45 pounds / 3.2 stone / 20.4 kg later, who knew it would take a severe food allergy for me to finally lose the weight. The only thing I’ve changed in my diet is I have stopped eating grains, but I eat everything else. I’ve also started running, again, hopefully this time all this will stick.</span><br><br><br> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-45455835680344153672018-06-25T22:30:00.001-04:002018-06-25T22:30:24.616-04:00European Vacation - not the movie - SpainWe successfully visited and drove in four countries speaking three foreign languages well enough to get what we wanted without insulting anyone or triggering any international incidents. I’d say that was a successful trip. The first country we went to was Spain. We stayed in a centrally located apartment in Barcelona that one of us found on either Air B&B or Trip Advisor. I don’t know which. <br />
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The weather was very warm but not too hot during the day and pleasantly cool in the evenings, or otherwise perfect. We had some rain and a downpour the day we went to Italy, but intermittent enough where it didn’t interfere with our visit. <br />
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Barcelona, from what we were told by a tour guide, has about 3 million people in Barcelona and the surrounding area. I don’t know if that number is accurate but it was definitely a very large city and very crowded with people. I lost track of the number of languages I heard spoken while there. <br />
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So besides the size and number of people, I noticed that Barclonans love their public art. Wherever we went there were statues and/or art installations throughout the city. There were also numerous art museums scattered throughout the city. We didn’t go in any of the museums because we were more focused on seeing the city itself, its architecture, and eating as much food as we could. 🤣. I don’t drink, but my traveling companions did, and they said all the Spanish wine they had while there was very tasty and very inexpensive. Of all the countries we went to, and all the food we had, I enjoyed the Spanish tapas the most. I enjoyed it so much, that within a week of returning back to the States, I was craving patatas bravas and garlic aioli so much that I found an excellent recipe on-line and made some myself. <br />
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Other things I noticed about Barcelona was the graffiti. Every available surface was tagged or outright painted with words, symbols, cartoons, or murals. Garage doors, utility boxes, street signs, etc. were covered, but noticeably the actual stone buildings weren’t painted. I like to believe they cherished the historical value of the buildings, or maybe there were severe penalties for graffiti on historic structures. Who knows?
We had a traveling companion who had some minor mobility issues, so at one point we took one of those hop on, hop off buses to go around the entire city, get a lay of the land, then go back to see places we were particularly interested in. That turned our to be really helpful for our mental maps of how the city was laid out. We visited the Gothic Quarter, the Gaudy, La Boqueria open air market, had paella, croquettes, and foods we’d never heard of before, toured the beach area, and did a tapas tour/pub crawl with a group while we were there. That night was one of our best experiences. We had people from the US, India, Australia, and Hong Kong in our group. They were great people and so much fun to hang out with. They were so much fun that we hung out together after the tapas event, got kicked out of a crowded bar (a first for me), and found a bar on the beach and hung out talking and drinking until very late.
We spent a few days in Barcelona before heading on to Nice, France next. That will be my next post.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-81710229983527164672018-06-15T00:57:00.000-04:002018-06-15T00:57:33.523-04:00Last full day in Europe<img id="id_c815_c320_5aa8_f5fb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6yhFrEfVojU/WyNGvjl_RUI/AAAAAAAAGGA/XLYAAJoNqUcjrks_brSLBuvTsJpeoZuZQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Ahh, all good things must come to an end. Our European vacation is drawing to a close. We leave Nice this morning to drive back to Barcelona, then an early flight tomorrow back to the states. Expect vacation pix soon!<br></span><br> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-33872430950031899332018-05-31T22:01:00.000-04:002018-05-31T22:02:37.990-04:00Europe on the horizonM and her twin sister will be turning 50 this year. They have decided to go to Spain and France for their birthday trip, Barcelona and Nice. I’ve convinced them to add Monaco and Italy since we’ll be so close. Other than dreading flying over there, I’m looking forward to seeing the sights and eating the food. Brace yourselves for vacation photos when we return!<br />
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Removing all the popcorn ceiling was messy, but getting the skim coat smooth was extra hard with the angles and transition from one level of the ceiling to the next. Then there were the multiple coats of primer and paint to get rid of the dark green. Right now we don’t have any decorations or pictures on the walls or window dressings on, so it feels unusually bright and empty in there. I still need to build out the master closet, but I have to take a break. I am so burned out on home improvements right now that I need to turn my attentions elsewhere for a bit. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-25476353406035011142018-04-16T10:48:00.004-04:002018-04-16T10:48:54.346-04:00Enforced weight loss<br />
So I thought I posted about this earlier, but then I didn't see a post, so I guess maybe not. Well, I've been losing weight. Last fall I ended up in the hospital with all sorts of tests being run on me because my stomach was so bloated and I was in so much pain. They thought my gall bladder was going to rupture, but it turned out, my gall bladder was fine. Then I was scheduled for an upper GI to look inside and see what was going on. Other than really bad inflammation and a couple of benign polyps, there was no evidence of disease or organ issues. The doctor deduced my issues must stem from something I was eating daily.
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Yes, I had developed ANOTHER food allergy, and apparently, this was a more intense one. So I went on an elimination diet for a few weeks. I lost 12 pounds and felt so much better. The first food I reintroduced to my stomach after three weeks clean, were steel cut oats. I was cooking oats in the crock pot overnight for breakfast every morning. I was eating oats to help my cholesterol levels, since I can no longer go on statins, you guessed it, because of allergic reactions. Remember my post about the bleeding hives three years ago? Anyway, after that one bowl of oatmeal on a Saturday morning, I got sick all over again and it lasted until Monday. Damn. I LOVE oatmeal, oatmeal cookies, oat flour bread, and I already have a severe wheat allergy. I've spent years and countless dollars trying to find gluten-free or wheat free breads, cakes, cookies, etc. that tasted like the real thing, to no avail. Now I couldn't have oats either. So rather than continue to try and find substitutes, I decided to get off all grains entirely. I never liked barley or rye, so it wasn't that hard. Then the weight started coming off easier. I felt so much better. Every once in a while I'd have a little rice with a meal, or try to have a pancake made with almond and coconut flour, but none of that sat right with my stomach either. I didn't have the pains I had when eating oats, but I still got bloated and my stomach felt queasy. So I've been grain free since last October. I'm now down 32 pounds, two and a half clothing sizes, and have lost 6 inches off my waist.
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The first picture is my starting weight, and the bottom picture is when I was 25 pounds down. Needless to say, I've culled my closet of the fat clothes and have been buying new, more slender clothes. I think this weight will stay off just because I have no choice but to avoid the stuff that's made me sick. So no breads, cakes, cookies, pies, etc., just meats, fruits, veggies, and some dairy. I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and as much as I want. I no longer have food cravings, and my blood sugar no longer goes up and down convincing me I'm hungry all the time. It's been far easier to just give up all grains than it ever was to go gluten free. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453225790730931112.post-20431573191312344182018-02-28T19:55:00.001-05:002018-02-28T19:55:38.916-05:00Yet another bathroom remodel<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qQ6WIYEZnQI/WpdPiBYLlzI/AAAAAAAAGDo/HPUB5za0OJsFriyKbovTXWdw9I8kSv-kQCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--1140888652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qQ6WIYEZnQI/WpdPiBYLlzI/AAAAAAAAGDo/HPUB5za0OJsFriyKbovTXWdw9I8kSv-kQCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--1140888652.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We've been doing non-stop remodeling since we moved into our house three years ago. That's not that unusual since that's what we did for ten years at our last house. The most recent project has been the master bathroom. This is what it looked like before we began the project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4GFfC_2n0yY/WpdPaYfYuPI/AAAAAAAAGDg/_SQYQwNYecUzhHK4mT19tGo5UFj6FD3MQCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--1731637746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4GFfC_2n0yY/WpdPaYfYuPI/AAAAAAAAGDg/_SQYQwNYecUzhHK4mT19tGo5UFj6FD3MQCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--1731637746.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is semi-finished. We're still waiting for the glass to be installed. When I took this picture, it looked really familiar to me. Then I realized why.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GfuTzg63oPY/WpdPeYvEdeI/AAAAAAAAGDk/bln6LgKJaw01qmjvijHRHCfMOWFt7RTugCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--304427698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GfuTzg63oPY/WpdPeYvEdeI/AAAAAAAAGDk/bln6LgKJaw01qmjvijHRHCfMOWFt7RTugCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image--304427698.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Teal, gray, and yellow were the same colors we used for the bathroom at our last house. Oh well, we clearly know what we like.</div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0