Steve the Courageous

Steve, my eldest son, had two open-heart surgeries in the fall of 2005. He went through it with almost NO complaints! He stayed with us while he recovered from the second surgery, and helped with the cooking. He is a GREAT barbecuer and a very good father to his children, Kirk and Valari.

Patrick the Rebel

This is Patrick, a wonderful self-taught artist, and a great craftsman. He can fix pretty much anything, and he does it with a lot of care. He never cared for rules, but he is learning a lot in his life.

Laura the Beautiful

Here she is in her splendor! Laura is a wonderful soprano singer, the mother of the twins Leila and Jasmine, and works as an EEG Tech at a local hospital. She is a wonderful mother, and I only wish I had half her energy!

Jonathan Borofsky

Am I the only one who never heard of Jonathan Borofsky before?

Anne Frank Quotation

In the cap of my bottle of tea it says:
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
--Anne Frank

RobynDogstar!

Robyn now has her own blog called RobynDogstar. We used to see the beautiful star Sirius out of her bedroom window in the summer. It seems to me it changes color and it is sooooooooooo beautiful. It is a doppleganger, or twin star. The smaller star (Sirius 2) is hidden but to the naked eye it causes the apparent color changes (I think). It is called the Dog Star, and the Dog Days of August are named after its rising at that time of year. In the ancient past, I used to say to Robyn, "you are my little dog star and I'm Sirius (serious, play on words, get it, get it?)".

Osprey advises

Osprey Therian: I believe we need to model the kind of behaviour we want to see, and we must stand up and speak against things we come up against.

Jona as I knew him

In 1979, I was a struggling painter in Brooklyn, and I spent a lot of time with Dick Lethem and his family. This is a portrait of Jonathan at the age of 15 or so. He seemed an adult to me at the time, but judging by his writings, he was in the throes of a painful adolescence. You can visit his glove compartment.

Body Parts

Rock Salt Lamp

OOH! OOH! OOH! I got this new Tibetan rock salt lamp today. It supposedly gives off negative ions (which is what makes us feel good at Niagara Falls), and purifies the air. I don't know about all that, but I love the way it looks! The other ones were natural crystal shapes, and I liked them too, but this one cried out to go home with me. I guess because one of its tiny feet is missing (on the right--see how it is tilted?).

Lunar Eclipse Day

Today's astrological chart. Tell me what you see here!

Strangely Lit Cone

This frozen custard stand at my dock looked this way at sunset and I wondered why the coloration changed for different parts of it!!! No answer I am sure.

Second Life Art News

You can go to Second Life Art News and see the latest photography contest winners!

Bride and Prejudice

Last night we watched "Bride and Prejudice", a Bollywood musical based on Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice". It was filled with colorful costumes and sets. I would post a pic but I think they are copyrighted. You can see the trailer at this site:

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2004/0-9ABC/Bride-and-Prejudice/trailer-page.html

The family was supposedly so poor they could not afford dowries for their four daughters, but man, those girls were dressed to the eyeteeth!

Of course, no one EVER kissed! That is a definite no-no in Indian filmmaking, it being terribly immoral for actors and actresses to kiss one another (they are NOT married to one another). Perhaps Hollywood should adopt that method--I think the divorce rate among stars would decline!

Patrick's Mermaid

I hope this does not violate any standards on Blogger. Of course, I never read user agreements, so it could ===8()

Patrick is clearly able to cope with:
1. the human figure (er, at least the top of it)
2. the fish figure (at least the bottom of it)
3. dolphins from a distance

AFK Making Atomic Muffins

This photo from Second Life was taken at Osprey's escape build. She was being pursued by a mad newbie and fled upwards. At the time I took this pic she was afk making muffins. There is a funnier version of this pic on Snapzilla.

Flatley Girls, a new blog

I have created a blog for my four sisters and me. My hope is that each sister will create her own blog.