An odd date popped up today, a small- chance meetup from long ago ( Read more... )

Finish the year by flying a kite.

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Several of the folks on my friends list have posted poignant, personal reminders that Dec 1st is World AIDS Day. Some of these have brought tears, and memories, and renewed faith in the bonds of friendship and family. So much has changed in these decades, so much is the same. It's difficult to keep digging up the dead, but these commemorative ( Read more... )

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growlersouth recently posted about his dad.Memories like that are keepers -- doing things with Dad. My dad sometimes took me to work with him, in one of those big green Forest Service trucks. Back then, Dad had a lot of duties that took him outdoors, away from the Ranger station. I loved to ride with him into the deep woods, and stop at the hidden equipment ( Read more... )

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As I sat at my desk, basking in the morning light with a hot cup of coffee, I first heard it. So faint and distant, I nearly ignored the sound, but there was something disturbing in the tone. Something plaintive, and lonely, that I couldn't ignore ( Read more... )

Last night I finished going through the first box of artwork I brought out of storage a while ago. Wow! I didn't realize how much of this stuff I'd done over the years ( Read more... )

I found the most amazing treasure today ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, Lang invited an old friend of his over for BBQ burgers. Robert recently resurfaced since his lover passed on. He and Lang hadn't seen each other for 20 years, but they were buddies back in the Golden Age of South of Market. Robert is also known as the tattooist Mad Dog.
theoctothorpe accepted my invitation to join us, so I ran to pick him up at ( Read more... )