That is 31 years between a photo of me at 17 in my parent’s basement and just last night in my friend’s son’s basement. Much chnages and miles between. But that blonde telecaster is the same as it ever was, a thing that I just enjoyed holding, then and now. I have written up the […]
Today is Sunday, I am reaching for the phone to call Mom (still, forever in my “favorites”), but alas, set it down. My day is brightened. Yesterday while at my friend’s soccer game, I saw a butterfly waft over the field. The #cookielove that started September 4 rolls on — and I keep piling it […]
This first order of business after arriving at Cole Camplese‘s house (past a huge hello hug) was a trip to Otto’s to fill up the fuel tanks for the evening’s activities… cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Well, actually before all this was a round of play in the front yard […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 84 Miles Driven: 8788 Number of States/Provinces driven in: 15 Number of US/Canadian Border Crossings: 2 Money spent on gas: $2313.36 Photos posted: 1829 (that is an average of 21.7 per day) Number of nights in hotels/B&B: 9 Number […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Readers of this blog know my repeated use of the words “Amazing” and “Stories” — these are actually all around us, and there is nothing finer than when they come unexpectedly. Such was the case Monday. On my route from north of Baltimore to New […]
My book report is on this really cool story… I just wanted to continue a log of books read on this trip; my reading volume will likely exceed the sum total for the last 4 years. When I was in Hope, BC, I found a great little book store that had 50% off of all […]
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by cj berry Every other sentence in this post is going to be a disclaimer that I am NOT criticizing the newest efforts of the ds106 course being drawn out by Michael B Smith. Can I repeat– I am NOT criticizing the newest efforts of […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog That is Alan 1.0 as in 1.0 years old. I’ve had a bittersweet time revisiting the boxes and carefully organized albums, envelopes of stuff Mom had hung on to. Here I think I am some hot shit for collecting media, and Mom has been doing […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog This cassette tape came zooming out of the past, right from 1976, to me at my sister’s house– she had found it this past summer while cleaning up at my Mom’s house. Yep, on these slender piece of ribbon, 35 years old of magnetized particles, […]
In our family lore is the battle of the grilled cheese sandwich, waged between my sisters and I one summer day when I was maybe 8. The record is muddy as the accounts of the conflict disagree. Mom had preserved some of the artifacts, which now come to light and judgement. The evidence is found […]
