Hiatus

As you may have gathered from my last post, I'm a little uncertain on where to go with this blog. I've tried to put something down once a week or less, but that's getting more difficult for me for some reason. So I'm going to give it a rest for awhile. Where am I leaving off? Joy canned some peaches over the weekend and is getting close to finishing a quilt for the first time in years. Our neighbor got concrete poured for their basement and framing is on the horizon. This affects our landscaping decisions because we'd like their house and land work a little farther along before we do anything to our south side. As for the hillside facing the mountain to the east, Joy would like to do some heavy-duty landscaping. I'm just scratching my head because I can't visualize doing much on such a slope. I see barkdust making its way down rainy little streams once we get into that part of the season. The mountain is still there and beautiful everyday. The business is still there and necessary every day. We have plans to change all our front windows and a cedar shingle awning is on its way out. This will coincide with the continued "improvements" on Powell Blvd which seem to have no end. And that's about it. If we decide to build another house or something else comes up that looks like it's worth documenting, we'll be back...

Slice Of Life

I don't know if you read many blogs besides this one. If you do then you're probably aware of the variety of blogs out there. Some are very professional, newsy types updated daily with current events or topics specific to the author's particular interests or occupation. Others are free-wheeling personal accounts of how the author spent the day doing nothing that would be of any interest to anyone but the author. I think this blog probably drifts toward the "really only interesting to me" side of things. Family and friends might like catching up in this alternative way, but could it ever be appealing to a stranger (and do we care if it does appeal)? Holding this electronic page up for the world to see, is this bit of brain clutter of any real importance? I just don't think my life is that interesting. Now if we were building another house, going on exotic vacations, had spectacular interests to share the details about, were raising a family with lots of kids' pictures to show off and stories to tell, I could see pouring a lot of energy into blogging more often. As I'm finding more and more, Joy and I are happily dull. We bore each other. I can imagine how others regard us. Some of the blogs I've purposefully gone out and looked at are intriguing in how much the author is willing to disclose. It's as if the author is lying on the psychiatrist's couch and letting go. I don't see this blog going there, but maybe I'll start another one and go it anonymously.

Powell Boulevard Fun

The tear-up continues to jangle the nerves. We count are blessings it's not affecting store traffic for some reason.

Sappy Cat Pics

Mad Magazine Site Redux?

The website I run as a fan-based site for Mad magazine collectors and casual readers turns nine years old next week. It's been a fun hobby and getting the variety of responses from people all over the world has been why I stay interested in doing it. Today I put an open call out to designers to help me change the look of the thing.
Update: All I did was a picture and stepped back from the total redesign for the moment.

Diversion

The rest of the world fades away for a moment when you're faced with a cat in a bag.