I don’t know if you have ever looked at the school books from the 19th Century or even early 20th Century, but the 6th “readers,” along the lines of McGuffy, Harper, Baldwin, Harvey and Appleton readers, but looking at them is an eye opening experience. This is from page 461 from McGuffey’s 6th Reader, […]
Domain Day
Every so often I check out my enom account domain registrations and renewals and make sure everything is okay with the clients I host and the domains I have up for sale. Whenever I check in on the account I end up wanting to purchase more domains. Today I could not resist and purchased the […]
A Not Entirely Wordless Wednesday
Today, I just couldn’t finish any of the meaty articles I have started but that still need work. So I made some graphics/textures I can use in a virtual world. frame for use as window or as a frame – clear layers wire wrapped rails – clear layers This is an open weave fabric […]
It Is About NOT Shopping
OK, let’s talk about frugality. About the “use it up, ware it out, make it do” kind of frugality. I grew up on one of the last mixed crop, pretty much self sufficient small farms in the U.S. before the rediscovery of the concept in the 1970s by organic farmers. My parents were married pre-WWII […]
This Little Light of Gabby's
I have another post almost finished, and I will post the third in my series I’ve been working on this week as tomorrow’s post, but I’m watching Diane Sawyer’s 20-20 show about Gabby Giffords struggles and triumphs this year right now and I have to say something about this incredibly moving story. I have to […]
Absolutes in Transition
In this series of posts that I began yesterday I am looking at this past week’s significant newsworthy developments with an eye toward what crucial and competing cultural processes are at work in the world today and what they might signify within our culture. These events are: the Occupy groups the outing of corrupt college […]