Mar 3, 2012 | Adventures, Happiness is, Musings, Play
Not quite “Build it and they will come” but the best I can do on this Saturday morning. If you read back in my posts you’ll encounter a number of articles about play and at least one where I express my ambition to speak and teach on the subject. That... read more
Dec 2, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Happiness is
Last year we bought a washer-dryer unit. One of those skinny, dryer-stacked-on-top, units to replace one we’d been using since Atlantis was a super power. Funds were short but laundry will not be ignored. A Craigslist search and several phone calls brought us... read more
Oct 31, 2011 | Adventures, Art as Life, Day In The Life Of, Life as Art, Travels with Diane
The latest story from Diane: “So I go to play a local course late one afternoon. I’d be lucky if I could finish nine. This kind faced older gentleman comes over to me with this great big smile, puts his hand on my shoulder and says to whoever is in ear... read more
Oct 28, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Happiness is, Play, Travels with Diane
I’m spending this week in Miami – lucky me. The photo was taken in South Beach – just as glamorous as it is on TV. The drinks are three times as big as they appear in the photo. Enough to fill large to go containers and then we had left overs at the... read more
Oct 18, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Happiness is, Play, Travels with Diane
I arrived in Nashville Fri before last. Spent the night and drove to Atlanta to see my friend Gwen’s granddaughter who’s attending medical school there. My traveling buddies flew home on Monday and I had Tuesday to prepare to fly to Wisconsin. I love it... read more
Oct 7, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Happiness is, Play, Travels with Diane
Today’s report from the road came in shortly before 1:00pm this afternoon. Our travelers left Hot Springs AK, drove through Memphis TN and headed for Tunica MS. Why Tunica you might ask? Apparently Tunica’s claims to fame are the casinos. Huge casinos.... read more
Oct 5, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Travels with Diane
After the beautiful sunset in Santa Fe, NM our intrepid travelers made a mad dash across Texas and Oklahoma and pulled into Hot Springs Arkansas about mid-day on Tuesday. There they had lunch, checked into a hotel and started taking advantage of the local amenities;... read more
Oct 4, 2011 | Adventures, Day In The Life Of, Play, Travels with Diane
My very good friend, Diane, sold her house, put her furniture in storage, packed her truck with all of the food, drink, music, supplies, toys and sports equipment that will fit, recruited two friends with some available time, and started across country to Tennessee. ... read more
Sep 28, 2011 | Art as Life, Happiness is, Life as Art, Musings
A dear friend of mine purchased a floating home just about a year ago. When she purchased it the colors were a nice conservative brown with white trim. Nothing controversial but also nothing particularly interesting either. For a lot of people this would be fine.... read more
Aug 25, 2011 | Adventures, Bitch Bitch Bitch, Musings
Have you ever found yourself trying to track down an odor? That was me starting about a week ago. As I walked from the living room toward to bathroom I detected . . . something. Something not pleasant. Sniff . . . sniff, did something die in here? It was faint and... read more
