Roman Disco
Last Sunday at the Minneapolis Institute of Art we happened by this bust — Roman? — that caught me completely off guard. At first glance I actually thought it was a joke!! I’ve never notice a classical statue or bust with hair like this and a mustache to boot! I thought, “Wow, 1974.” Son-in-law Matt said, “What […]
I wonder…
…who is the person semi-permanently immortalized on this rail car; Sue?
Just in time.
I woke up a bit disturbed this morning, a little frustrated with my situation in general; work, bills, relationships, worried about the kids. Etc. Etc. Generally this means either I don’t want to be bothered with having to do what needs doing (inconvenience), or that I’m fearful about something — or everything. Morning readings to […]
The doctor is in…
A friend of mine was in California recently and sent me this photo from his phone. It struck me as really odd; not God odd, just odd. This is a reminder to me of just how different people, places and things can be right around the corner from where I live. I saw it in Florida […]
Frosty
This snowman has been saying ‘Thank You’ to everyone at the Eagan, MN Byerly’s Supermarket drive through pick-up since well before Christmas. He (or she) is awesome. I enjoyed seeing him created, added to, kept in great shape by the kids working in the parcel pickup this winter. It became a ‘thing’ — a nice […]
Glad I am who I am…
Tomorrow is Friday. I always have a lot of gratitude on Friday. Not sure why. By Friday I have gotten back into whatever part of my routine I screwed up early in the week; made up for meetings I skipped last weekend; spent time getting caught up on writing. Plus, Thursday is pretty locked in; I’ve […]
The Winner: Sandpiper
Last week in Ft Myers Beach, Florida. Bird ID’s: Osprey Bald Eagle Brown Pelican White Egret Blue Heron Green Heron Black Vulture Belted Kingfisher Greater Yellowlegs Herring Gull and that quizative and arrogant-on-the beach Royal Tern. These were just the positive ID’s. The winner, however, really adorable “groups” of tiny Sandpipers scurrying around like a swarm of […]
Tough Duty
After five days in Ft Myers Beach all I can say is, this is tough duty. Going to bed early, sleeping late, reading, wandering in and out of every t-shirt shop on Estero is about as tough as it gets. This whole souvenir t-shirt business is fascinating. It’s a microcosm of the retail fashion biz. There’s expensive […]
Art is life: Life is art 2001-01-21
The Uptowner Grill in St. Paul, Mn. has a whole wall full of pictures done in crayon, apparently people simply describing how much they like the Uptowner. Which has awesome breakfast and early morning hours too. All the drawings are fun or cool; some, like this one make me think, “Wow, who did that? Who drew […]