artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

In a little less than a year and a half my gram will be 100 years old. I suppose that means, assuming no accidents or funky ailments, I am nearly 1/2 way there. Makes my cup 1/2 full. Dang!0

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Cactus and now sunflowers(?) amongst the tubes. It is the interesting way of things that appear as trash and repeatedly prove otherwise.0

On the faucet installed on a bathroom sink, but it will be so useful– rinsing and washing art, dishes, and a dirty Kathy. Crazier still I intend to hook a little kitchen hot water on demand to it and wallA! a hot shower at my... Read More0

Let's see…i hung some screen doors (harvested from the city’s reuse center designed to reduce flow to our ten active Houston landfills=free) on my studio. Ah, perfect fit and color coordinated. And the joy of drilling through porcelain tile (sarcasm) and adding mounting anchors for... Read More0

“You can prolong your anger by rationalizing it or blaming others for it rather than accepting full responsibility for your part. To rationalize something means “to cause it to seem reasonable,” when it may not be reasonable at all. Listen to some rationalizations: * It’s... Read More0

i find this incredibly amazing and hopeful in spite of houston’s humidity that these remnants of frozen cacti could simply be tossed into a heap atop trashed inner tube tires AND GROW! some things are incredibly resilient, others are not. which will i choose to... Read More0

A $50,000 mule!!! ? Omgosh primping for the camera a show mule???? Dang.0

From here to there and back landed just outside oakridge, final home of the manhattan project. I did not get the nuclear, physics, radio or engineering gene. A trip down nuclear family history lane…grandfather, nuclear physicist, 1930-1960, dad grad training in nuclear engineering at MIT... Read More0

Beautiful little town, kinfolk, Garrison family history (paternal grandmother’s side), home of Arnold Palmer, and a kazillion touring motorcycles passing through, the weekend warrior dr and lawyer types out for a scenic weekend ride. Location:Indian St,Ligonier,United States0

dad moves boulder from road so we can pass (click to see rest of images for the day if you’ve a hankering. you should understand this to be a strong hint that these are typical family trip photos. avoid if you’re here for art or... Read More0

but seriously, i am missing my studio at i-park even the simple view looking back toward my studio windows, i miss these things… and all those crazy, bowling, hardworking, and playing artists who taught me more about the nature of human kindness and obviously, i... Read More0

Sadly bypassing New London. I’ll just have to come back. one 78 years young dad a bit frazzled by an unplanned overnight stay in DC’s Dulles airport attempting to sleep on the floor unsuccesfully; one daughter, age undisclosed, a bit frazzled by a drive through... Read More0

32oz bubba keg of tea, diuretic; 24 oz medium diet coke, diuretic, all emptied; I am on 95 at a stand still, no relief in site. Ha! But I have time to blog? It doesn’t count as texting and driving if your speedometer reads 000!0