Category Archives: 30 Personal Challenges
The Website is Back
Lots happening, and had some problems with service providers and such. Finally found the time to find the correct backups and see what I could salvage of the blog. Looks like we got most of this one back. For those of you still paying attention, I wish you all a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.
Making a different type of wave – Offline Adventures on the Water
A close relative of mine has spent a lot of time on the water. He taught me a lot about the water and boats. Looking back I find it interesting, that time spent with someone who had spent so much time around boats and the water, well as much time as my cousin had. When [...]
Making Waves with Tubas – Online Adventures in Personal Boundaries
Another cloudy day has brought me here to repent. I thought perhaps writing this article in this place, would be appropriate, especially since it is here that I have typed long and hard about the good things I think about. I am kind of proud that in close to 400 posts I have really had [...]
Monterey Breakfast Burrito Morning
The morning walk to my currently favorite coffee shop was crisp and invigorating, something a walk should be; a walk but not much else. Ok, maybe a Sauvignon Blanc, but now I am digressing. I always think in these mornings that I will have nothing to write about, but then by the time my seat [...]
Cloudy Days and Concertinas – Part III
The rain drops blessed me again today. As much as I want to get out into the garden, I have gotten comfortable spending productive days inside the house while the Oregon rain makes gentle noise outside. You might think someone who loves musical instruments as much as I do would have music running full blast [...]
Cloudy Days, Musical Seduction, and Concertina Adventures – Part II
The clouds have subsided, and the sun decided to grace my day, but here I am finding joy in writing the second part of this story. (This is part two, you can find the first part of this story at this link: Cloudy Days, Musical Seduction, and Concertina Adventures – Part I) There are men [...]
Cloudy Days, Musical Seduction, and Concertina Adventures – Part I
It was a number of cloudy days, kind of like today, that brought me to this instrument in front of me, almost rebuilt and ready to be played. The promise of sun on my face and cool dewy air tickles me as summertime quickly approaches. I’m in Oregon, and I am told that this year [...]
Struggling with my Quesadilla – Apple Pie Dreams or Quesadilla Nightmare?
Tasty cheesy bits coat my teeth. This particular variant of chicken quesadilla has been nuanced with the modern refinements of a sun-dried tomato corn-ish wrap. A rather impressive achievement. Well, I’m thinking not so much a technological achievement, more like an achievement in culinary mass production technology. I wonder what the top ten quesadilla makers [...]
