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So a few years ago Ken, then our Events Director, approached me about purchasing a tipi. He explained that it would be cool to use at events. “Okay,” said I. “How exactly would we use it?” “Well, it would be … Continue reading →

“That’s not a knife…this is a knife.” – Crocodile Dundee Today was a Baja Mermaids reunion at the homestead…Stephanie had her friends from the great Baja Mermaids trip of October over for food, drink, and knitting. The house being awash … Continue reading →

It’s the day after the day of giving thanks, and I slept in, went to the gym with my daughter and burned a few hundred calories, thereby reducing my deficit but not eliminating it. But it was good, since the … Continue reading →

Bingo and Gussie, as pups. After two weeks of rat hospice, Bingo, a.k.a. Rat 3.0, has passed on to the Great Exercise Wheel in the Sky. Ian hand-fed him for two weeks, and I’m sure that had something to do … Continue reading →

I am a fortunate man. Just sayin’. Respectfully submitted, Canoelover

“Cat” by Cordelia Sitting through a challenging sermon can be excruciating. Note I prefer to use the word challenging rather than boring. It’s just that sometimes you aren’t in the mood to hear someone talk about what someone else wrote … Continue reading →

Canoelover, April 13, 1963. Note the drool. Once every 212.35 days, we have a Friday the Thirteenth. This means I have lived through and survived approximately 75 or so Friday the Thirteenths. The most important one, however, was the first … Continue reading →

Missing from canoelover’s possession: One (1) iPod. No Red Hot Chili Peppers. One (1) Olympus digital camera. More scratched up than this one. One (1) brain. Responds to…well…not sure about what it responds to. These items are not lost, per … Continue reading →

Wife 1.1 celebrated her 45th birthday last Saturday. I gotta say she looks pretty dang good for 35. As a gift to her, Wisconsin gave her a 67 degree day, sunny with a few puffy clouds just for accent. May … Continue reading →

“Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.” -Thoreau Continue reading →