Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

I would guess that their toadies those almost as filthy rich the ones aspiring to it but not there yet might complain that we, the unwashed, the unworthy, somehow stand in their way and the gilded ones - addicted to the adulation of their worshipers (or perhaps just because they can) take pleasure i...

I remember him as a staple at Arcanum as well as here. His writing always seemed to fly a little over my literalist head - but he seemed a generous soul, and was kind to me. A part of the landscape worn away by time.....

Thanks, those game trails are everywhere, esp. around the waterways. Haven't seen any moose tracks yet, but before the snow fell I was finding their droppings out in the woods. The last 10 yrs or so we've gotten more "wintry mix" than snow - the worst of the worst, sleet, freezing rain, ice. Last wi...

huh - looks like me every morning after my 1st few coffees......

...I had a huge tree fall on my house several years ago. It was scary as hell. It went straight through the roof and dining room ceiling. It destroyed my back deck. Maybe I’ll post some photos of it one day. Thank goodness it didn’t damage the structural integrity of the house and I had insurance. ...

last time I checked (and that was a while ago) the going rate around here was about $1000 per tree. I'd made a pact instead with a logger who agreed to take down a handful of specific trees in exchange for whatever saleable timber he could harvest from my land. It worked out pretty well, but he's no...

yeah, I've had to take down a few over the years, and I could stand to take down a few more, especially along the power feed from the road. Their shade is nice in the summer - the view looking up the driveway is to the south - but gets pretty alarming during ice storms.

. .                          View from my kitchen window . 01KitchenView.jpg . . .                          View from my mailbox . 02Homestead.jpg . . .                         View of my road . 03SHRoad.jpg . . .                         Another view of my road . 04SHRoad.jpg . . .                  ...

It's only gotten to within earshot of 30 up here, but even that feels balmy compared to what we've been getting. I went out for a few miles yesterday and actually started overheating - had to remove my hat & open my coat a bit. Even then, it was SO nice just to be outside. How many YT videos about m...

Yes it is. Those whose only joy is money will never truly understand that.

Congrats on the sales! Knowing that somebody else finds value in something you've created is such a counterpunch to those self-doubts.

  sorry, my earworms insist on staying with me and I must say they comfort me, so I'd say my earworms are friendly earworms, nurturing earworms, companions for life   oh yeah, I've got a few of those, too - bits of the incidental music from the "Shaft" & "Bullitt" soundtracks... guitar riff from "S...

"oh I wish I were on Oscar-Meyer wiener...."
(in charming Irish accent) "Manly, yes... but I like it, too"
"better coffee millionaires' money can't buy"
"it's the reeeall thing..."

thanx for reading - just HAD to get out that morning - been housebound by the cold for weeks, & it's been gray & dreary to boot - figured the sun might provide a little warmth. It didn't, but lots of visual interest, near as I could tell without my glasses anyway (easier to wipe away the tears witho...

awright, I'm back. Some songs I could die happy if I never hear again: 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Big Girls Don't Cry How Much Is That Doggie in the Window (esp. the version with the yapping puppy - how precious) The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Blue Danube Waltz anything opera any Christmas jingle...

 
better get your tickets while they last.....