Archive > October 2008

Fall, when games and leaves drop in distressing quantities.

OK, I love fall, the temperature drops to that magical point where one can walk around outside with short or long sleeves on without feeling too hot or too cold and the leaves turn amazing colors. Of course, I’d live fall a lot more if the leaves would stay on the trees with those amazing colors [...]

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How I got my creativity back..

   I have always liked the romanticized idea of the Middle Ages, with Kings and Knights, Swords and Armor, Castles and Dungeons, less focused on the poverty, disease and oppression. I would check out every book possible from the public and school libraries on everything even remotely touching these subjects. By age 10, I was would babble on about major [...]

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Invested Citizens

I just wanted to put a quick plug in for the non-profit that my cousin, Aaron Devine, helped to found out on the east coast. it’s called Invested Citizens and their goal is to use targeted investing to support these 10 most basic rights.

Breathe clean air
Drink clean water
Eat nutritious food
Work for a living wage
Access quality education
Live [...]

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Smells like Hope!

So I was just over at Office Depot buying some quality ink pens, as I’ve determined that it’s time for me to take up art again and I ran across this little gem at the counter.
The picture isn’t all that great, but it’s a”Hope” flavored “Aroma Pen”, and it’s the last one left in the [...]

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At the Range with Bob Rivers

Saturday I finally caught up with Bob Rivers, who I had been meaning to get together with for the past few months. I guess each of us having adding a new baby to our families was a good enough excuse to delay things a few months.
I popped over and met Luke Rivers, who looks remarkably like his older [...]

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