Tomorrow morning I'm going in for shoulder surgery. For those unfamiliar with the story, I've been in pain & have lost much use of my left arm for 3 years now due to bone spurs that have damaged both the muscles of my rotator cuff and the cartilage of...

"At DIRECTV, we're committed to bringing you the...best customer service." Last month I called DirecTV (our satellite provider,) in response to daily, pre-recorded messages on my machine to call them. I asked the friendly guy who answered the phone...

The Geminid meteor shower is coming. The Geminids have been getting stronger for years now (the website linked above explains why & gives all of this year's details.) With the New Moon coming up Dec. 16th, this year's shower will be free of invasive...

Art on sale (& details of a local art fraud.) Photography on sale (pricing details are in the sidebar.) In other news, the robins have returned to our yard. There were about 60 here the other day. I also spied a flicker, to my delight.

I completed another painting out in our backyard the other day. It's one of my largest works, involving the hose & 3 jars of severely watered-down paint. It was purely experimental, a lot of fun & a great stress reliever. Yesterday I rec'd some lovely...