Since probably the 1980s I have been accmulating ( Read more... )

Filled the entire truck bed with clothes and books in boxes and a couple of bags.

Donated to the Goodwill.

The 2nd floor landing is clear now.

The porch is more open.

Mission accomplished.

I am reminded as I walk to-day at work on a "banana break" that my happiest moments in life have been with a bicycle ( Read more... )

* Last night Marisa and I watched the third Dark Knight movie. I have seen the end of it for some reason but not the beginning. Marisa had never seen it. She wanted to see it because Tom Hardy played a bad guy in the film. It is the same guy who played the bad guy in Star Trek Nemesis, which Marisa has also not seen, and the good guy in Venom ( Read more... )

Doing my best to hold down the budget, save more, spend less and still make progress at home ( Read more... )

I can take a breath now ( Read more... )

* The geese are flying south. I heard them approach then watched them fly over our house ( Read more... )

* Black walnuts (there is a black walnut street tree on our our side of the avenue closer to N. Lombard) are toxic to humans. Squirrels seeem to like them, though, and crack them on the sidewalk or our driveway, leaving a black stain that takes a few rain showers to erase. I find the shells buried in the ground by the squirrels. Too bad they are ( Read more... )

* received Gates family negatives without issue to-day ( Read more... )

Marisa and I went to the Karla Bonoff concert Sunday night. Great show. It's been a while since I heard her music but I always have enjoyed it. The themes are more poignant now in the realm of life, direction and death where before the themes of keeping a relationship or even getting one were more recognized by me earlier in life ( Read more... )