It’s happened, the first time in over 40 years I am unemployed. Oh? Yeah, some folks call it retired. It was official yesterday; Last working day of February, 2015. I know it’s a record run of continuous but varied employment most people don’t experience. I always had the next employment in hand when I made the changes. This time I am at the far end of the tunnel with as of yet, no solid plan....
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Hot Shot!
This photo was created by my daughter Shelley (Shel), who as you can see is a very creative photographer. Yes, she is a professional and I am very proud of her and the work she does. So the photograph is me but it isn’t about me. Shel shot at least 50 photos I assume. Some were kind of silly, some intense, and some are what I would call studio normal. This is not in a photo studio,...
Continue reading...Curse of Sagittarius
I finally found the coffee cup I didn’t know I always wanted. Every one with a December birthday would probably identify with the stated sentiment. It is the curse of Sagittarius. Probably Capricorn too. I was always told as a child, “Sorry son, we didn’t get you much for your birthday, you’l get the really good stuff on Christmas. I swear I heard it every year, it is the god awful truth. I just had to live with it and...
Continue reading...Little Red Schoolhouse
There was an interesting call at the house last night. Gloria took the call and it had me seriously wondering what was going on. A fellow had called saying he bought a “little red school house” painting on EBay created by Dan Kautz. He was probing Gloria for information about the artist which got me seriously concerned. Unfortunately (maybe fortunately) such activity is highly suspicious to me and I refused to talk to him without further...
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