I’m not a big traveler. I’ve been out of the United States once, in 2004, when I went to Nicaragua on a mission trip. Most trips while I was growing up were to visit family. The first “real” vacation I can remember was a trip I took to NYC when I was 24. I like [...]
Dragon*Con, which is held each Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, is “the largest multimedia, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.” I am not much into science fiction and fantasy, gaming, and comics. I’m only marginally more interested in literature, art, music, and [...]
The Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park attracts 500 crafters and artists from 38 states. Two hundred thousand people, including Ed and I, attend this event.
There is so much beautiful stuff there. But sometimes, all the arts and crafts just get to be too much. So, the organizers present the Men’s Den. The Yellow [...]
Mosquitoes LOVE me. But, they’d been strangely quiet this summer. Until this weekend.
I’d been helping Ed with some yard work. Every time I looked down, there were numerous mosquitoes on my legs. I shooed them away and went on with my work.
When I was in the bath last night, I felt a little itchy.
I counted [...]
At work today I edited. A lot.
About four, at the very moment my boss was walking over to suggest I might want to take a break from all the editing, I did this:
Apparently, a water glass is the new paper clip holder.
And, yes, I took a quick break from the editing — to fish the [...]