Welcome to my journal! Feel free to read, to friend, to be yourself. All I ask is that you treat me and the people in the comments with respect.

I also have an art journal, art_at_large, in which I post stuff about the art I do. I don't update it as often as I do this one, but it sort of goes in fits and starts ( Read more... )

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On Friday, October 23 at 11:30 am, my father, Galen Smith, passed away. He was complaining of weakness, dizziness and nausea the previous morning, so I called emergency services and they took him to the hospital. He'd experienced similar symptoms two months before and turned out to be experiencing atrial fibrillation and tachycardia. In that ( Read more... )

And no cat on my lap at the moment, so you get a post ( Read more... )

Hi Folks. I know I owe you a good, long update, but I have no time yet. So many things going on. But I wanted to make a short post for a good cause. As a life-long bibliophile, I have always loved going to small, independent book stores. They are getting thin on the ground these days, so when I have a chance to support one, I try to do so ( Read more... )

In the past month I have: helped design and buy furniture and display cases for a trade show in NYC, updated the company web site, unpacked and shelved the better part of 16 large boxes of leather-bound journals from Italy, worked at the pen shop as needed including running to the storage unit for inventory, completed blasting a 6' tall octopus on ( Read more... )

Has anyone had any experience with using either PODS or ABF U-Pack relo-cubes for moving? I have quotes from both which are coming out within about $200 of each-other ( Read more... )

Well, here I am. I made it to Springfield, Illinois last night and then an easy drive today. I'm still figuring out the plan of action and learning my parents' routines and how I can best be of use. Socializing will happen once I've gotten a feel for things. More later, as the squash needs checking.

Pictures below the cut because I care. ( Read more... )

Thanks to the willingness of my co-conspirator
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