Yesterday I issued a press release on behalf of Wildlife West Nature Park. In cooperation with Mesalands College, they now offer a summer program for credit in Construction Industries (up to 9 credits). I'd like to take the welding class; I've always wanted to learn to weld, but have never gotten around to it. Of course, I have a bunch of travel ( Read more... )

I recently had occasion to have this phrase come to mind. A while back we were talking about how much Lucy's son and daughter liked Lost In Space when they were kids, and I somehow remembered what I recalled to be the "IDAK episode." In reality, this was "Revolt of the Androids ( Read more... )

Unbelievable. For years, our living room has been one of my least favorite rooms in the house. We painted it a sage green some years ago, but never quite pulled the whole thing together. I loaded it up with houseplants a while back, and that made it somewhat better, but I still wasn't satisfied ( Read more... )

It's funny how some things can just make one feel good. Last night I went to a Board meeting for a regional nonprofit I'm involved with as a Board member. After the meeting, one of the other Board members invited me to come and take a tour of his farm (medium-scale, locally-owned agriculture) this summer. This is a well-known and highly ( Read more... )

The Uncle John's Place Cafe Press store is now open! Now everybody can have shirts, hats, cards, and more from the Uncle John's Critter Club and Uncle John's Digital Worlds collections ( Read more... )

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH!

Every now and then it seems as if you end up on everybody else's back burner - at the same time that a number of people want to be on your front burner. It's a two-edged sword of irritation, as it were. Interestingly, it's nearly inevitable that some of the people who want to be on your front burner have back-burnered you in the past, and others ( Read more... )

When we got back from the store about half an hour ago, the first few flakes of snow were just falling. Now there's an inch on the ground. Hellooooo, snowshoes!

Well, I got the big solar business plan in to the printer today, and we'll be handing it off to bankers this week. Now, I must approach some investors who have indicated an interest in a relationship and see what that interest is. I am slightly tired, but it was worth it.


( Read more... )

Well, we're back from Florida. Not a bad trip, and I did manage to get one good afternoon of photography in among the eating, drinking, and socializing. I'm pretty tired, and there's not a lot to tell, so for now...


( Read more... )