Picture taken by me with a cheap camera about 1978 for the deck of the good ship "Serenity" in the anchorage at Lahaina, Maui. Another shitty sunset in paradise.John Shuttleworth, Co-founder of Mother Earth News, 1937-2009 died in late march and Mother Earth News is just now getting around to reporting it. That's Strange. I started reading the magazine when it came out in 1970 (I believe). For us that grew up before TV and in rural America it was inspiration. Oh well, John's dead and so is his wife but they were old enough to do that. Some of us who are his contemporaries still carry on at least momentarily and we appreciate their efforts.
The magazine? I still read some of the articles online but it is full of advertisements for things I just can not afford even if I wanted them. Occasionally I find a do-It-yourself article that applies to me so it is at least worth looking at and even though I am a contemporary of John Shuttleworth I am not done yet.
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There is a frog running around on the window behind my monitor eating bugs. There are plenty of bugs. Summer is here. I, on the other hand, just had a meal of new dug red potatoes and ham boiled together along with newly harvested Brussel sprouts all flavored with home grown garlic and real butter. I'll probably die tomorrow.
Oh well. No cooking utensils were harmed.
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I am trying to soften up SWMBO about the picture thing. She has a real aversion to being seen on any kind of media. The problem is that she is so photogenic. She really looks good in pictures. She is 64 years old but I think she is in the top 2 percent of attractiveness here with a smile that will stop you in your tracks. She is a real bitch at times but she has a lot of fans and I am one of them. That is if I can get away from her sometimes.
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Scanning old pictures and editing them is a real drag for several reasons. I have been doing that a few hours a day lately. It's tedious for starters but the worst part is the longing for old times and people past. One of the pictures I was looking at today is of a nude of an old girl friend. She was 20 then, now she is 48. I'll bet she is still a fox. Old friends, the fish that did not get away and anchorages in paradise. All stir a longing that can not be satisfied.
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Lots of projects here some of which I will never complete. I have to start them however and keep up with the garden and life maintenance. A little at a time. Now I have to go work on my new slingshot.
Live oak downed in Hurricane Gustav. Still needs a little sanding and some oil. Rubber bands are the hard part. 60 years ago when inner tubes (you know those things that used to go inside of tires) were rubber it was not a problem but now inner tubes are not rubber. I don't know what they are but they are not good for much of anything. I'm going to try surgical tubing.Update soon.
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