Bat in the night

I needed to sleep in a bat-free zone.

Moving to colour

In 2006 I was exposed – in a different way! – to oil painting.

Extended Birthday

I celebrated for five days in a row this year. I think I deserve it. 😉 My birthday was Tuesday, but I took a few days off work and began the reveling on the Saturday before. First up was an overdue visit to my friend Vladimir in St. Johns, a neighborhood of Portland. We went […]

Good Things Jar – 2015, 2016, 2017

A long time ago I wrote a post called Good Things Jar, in which I explained that I had heard about this project and had successfully completed my first year of recording good things in 2014. I never wrote about it again. The idea is easy to find in many versions on the Internet. And […]

Bees

A neighbor told me about a local bee company that will pay people in honey for the use of their land. Liquid gold. I spoke with Yelena a few times and arranged a meeting with Pavel Martynov, patriarch of a friendly Kazakhstani family in Battle Ground, Washington. He showed up with his daughter Anastasia to […]

Stars, Galaxies, Nebulae

Whenever I open myself up to what’s out there in the world, I have the best adventures.

Tips for Men

EIGHT TIPS for men uploading photos for your online dating profile: Do not make the one where you’re holding the fish your main profile photo. Or the other one where you’re holding a fish. It is obvious which photos were taken in the 1990s. We don’t need those. Please upload photos of yourself. The photos […]

Gifts to warm the home

This weekend I was recovering from a procedure I had on my foot on Friday. Had to keep the foot elevated, but had I been as mobile as usual, the weather was not exactly encouraging to do chores or to do fun stuff. So I guess it’s time for a blog. I moved to this […]

Happy New Year

Many of my blogger friends are doing a year in review, and I was inspired to do my own.

Tara literally polishes up the mailbox

We are new around here and we take pride in our place.