nice ride yesterday, beautifuearly spring day, a real change from earlier in the week when it was the tail end i hope of a not awful winter, but damp and chilly. courtesy of richard we rode to chataloochie, took a few strolls, visited some camp sites on big creek that were really attractive this time of the year, not congested at all, the gray and pale brown ambience full of air not leaves, gleams and glows of moss. big creek was up and i noticed more backwards running standing waves then i ever have, all miniature. now i have to make something of ths second fair weather day, a long walk seems in order.

was going to cataloochie but very wintery out, trip postponed. puttering today: work on a new music page, an acrylic, clean truck interior, get rid of a lot of books and watercolor magazines, a trip to the pharmacy, and find a few missing objects.

broke a hard drive this afternoon. can't face the results at the moment.

picture a day keeps the doctor away. since recovering from flu and brochitus i've been slowly resetting. trying to keep house in order. projects sputtering along: large acrylic painting my 3rd i think; attempting to reorganize image gallery, new music page instead of links scattered over the web. been dinkin' with PC, attempting to get it back to the place where i can record and edit music. ho-hum.

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ScienceShot: Snails on Speed - ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Snails on Speed - ScienceNOW:

"Talk about an oxymoron: A snail on speed."

Are We in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction? - ScienceNOW

Are We in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction? - ScienceNOW:

"Earth's creatures are on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, comparable to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs."

i feel like quoting somebody or posting a link that expresses some notion, whether it makes sense or not. anyway ho0w would i know if it did or not? mumble babble cough gasp maybe i'll feel different sometime.

Sistine Chapel

a real treat

hi-rez visit to the

Sistine Chapel

i don't know, maybe i should be all over the "snooze" - my neologism for "news" - but all i seem to do is pictures, images, imagination overwhelms the quotidian. it is the quotidian. 

it may be because i am recovering from one-two punch of flu > bronchitis but i think that is a side issue. i think it is because words fail me.

not much going on except the sickest i've been in awhile.

very slowly getting together with now. still sniffling, caughing gasping hope i'm on the mend. above is the first picture i've done since my confusing return. camera found, on the way here, hope it has some pictures left in it. now it's time to hop in truck and get something going.

my birthday today: 70 years old.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

- Madeleine L'Engle

granddaughter natalie found at youtube as usual forget when i did it.

in prescott visiting dad who just celebrated 92nd birthday by bouncing back nicely from very bad fall over xmas. getting here was a slog, left asheville morning temp was 4 degrees i think. pleasant visit with old friends in triangle, pleasant fight to phoenix altho i seem to have lost lower dentures on plane. more than anything i appreciate the early morning and evening air in mile high phoenix which is like... well, a breath of fresh air.

got driver's license renewed for 8 more years before i left which was a little dicey but the force was with me. now if there was just somewhere left to drive to drive to.