This week has simply flown by. The high school yearbook is wrapping up so I got a lot of calls asking me to do last minute portraits for students who did not have anything to submit yet. I also spent some time taking some shots to round out the yearbook for final upload. I would [...]
Some 15 years ago my momma dropped me off in the parking lot of the local photographer; Stephen Jay. There was nothing particularly memorable about the trip. I knew Momma had arranged everything and paid a lofty deposit for this seemingly momentous occasion in my life; senior pictures. I walked in with a garment bag [...]
I am amazed at how much excitement my hoop house has generated this season. What started out as a simple and necessary DIY has become something that a number of gardeners have promised to try themselves. How cool is that? Today I was featured (in interview format) on The Urban Organic Gardener; a CanarsieBK website.
I guess we’ve had blueberries in the freezer for for about 4 or 5 months. They have taunted us by keeping their shape and brilliant color. We have used a few for some waffles and a gallon or two more for jam we gave out at Christmas. But by in large they have remained in [...]
I detest almost all Christian films. They lack budget. They lack quality actors (we can thank Kirk Cameron and that ‘other’ Baldwin brother for that). They lack depth. They just lack. Christian films today conjure up thoughts of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ or that abominable Left Behind series. Neither a great premise [...]
Art Clokey, a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation and the creator of Gumby, died January 8 at 89 years old. His impact (though largely ignored by me) was clearly felt by others. For example, this empty coal car found its way to Buggy Town adorned with what else? Gumby and Pokey. [...]
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time just kind of hanging out. It’s been incredibly cold here in the southeast. The gardens are long gone. The chickens spend most of their time huddling and lying down. Pan has a part-time job for a few weeks so we haven’t been cooking a lot of fun [...]
hard breakers full lenght film in pda format Several months ago my wife, Pan, and I were at the bookstore wasting away a rainy Saturday afternoon. I have to admit it was a little oxymoronic to be sipping my chai tea latte whilst I peruse the self-sufficiency and homesteading books. But I digress. After picking [...]
I asked my dad (a master tailor in his own right) about three months ago, “How do you make an apron?” He quickly responded, “One stitch at a time.” We both laughed and then started talking. Fast forward three months. I am at the sewing machine putting in the last stitch of Pan’s “big” Christmas [...]
This Christmas Pan and I gave each of the aunts and uncles as well as our siblings a basket ‘o goodies. Goodies, you ask? What kind of goodies? Let’s just say the baskets themselves were pretty goodie. Each basket was lined with a fitted liner that I sewed. The material we selected in the hopes [...]
