Social Media Iconoclast

Iconoclast: A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. There is something incidious about all of this. The images that spring to my mind are of the Sourcerer’s Apprentice or a squirrel on an exercise wheel. Micky in that Disney classic uses his master’s magic to help with a chore. The magic gets out of

Isolated in a WW2 submarine

Outside its trying to snow. Trying because the air is too warm, Snow flakes are not landing. Suits me. I’m inside and snug, inside a submarine in the western Pacific. We’re on war patrol – its 1943. Binge watching a 1950’s TV series called, “The Silent Service”. Having YouTube play one episode after another without

Flying away from all this

My doctor wants me to go to the hospital. Tests on my heart. I haven’t been anywhere for nearly two months. The hospital!, That’s the last place I want to go. But the local hospital hasn’t been hit bad with CV patients. So I guess I’ll go. I’ve been assured they’ve made it safe. My

A use for old sketch books

Under the menue entry, “sketch” you will find page after page of semi random drawings, studies of photos, mostly. The photos in newspapers or magazines. The text is from my head, only sometimes influenced by the context or caption associated with the photo I draw from. The thoughts are those things I was concerned with

deferring to the future

I’m not now feeling as flippant as I did yesterday. Not too depressed, but depressed all the same. Before when I felt like this I would take a ride. Therapeutic motorcycling. The car works too, but not as well. With every day getting warmer it’ll be a struggle to wait til the 15th. That’s the anniversary

Herd Immunity?

Nearly two months!

Didn’t create any content for my site yesterday. Not motivated. Being lethargic in cycles is the norm for this 74 year old. Burning the midnight oil, leaning over the drawing board in 15 hour stretches….something for twenty somethings. But, its a good thing. The idea that one needs to produce SOMETHING every day isn’t realistic.

Home

Its been 44 days I’ve not driven the car. The motorcycle still rests in its winter cloak, this in spite of many warm days I could have ridden. Others have been out screaming down the highway on their big bikes. Many of them without helmets. They’ve considered the risk of not having the chief protection

My Kindle Children’s Book

Its always been my dream to get a book out on kindle and make a zillion dollars wining all awards possible, feted by heads of state, celebrities doors open to the loftiest offices in the land….but it didn’t happen. However, at least I finally got a book up on that site. This was the first

My Life in review

The heavily doctored photo is me in Krakow Poland in 2015. I am leaning on a Trebi, the iconic East German car, in front of the Nowa Huta Steel works. That day I joined a young Japanese tourist for the Proletariat tour of the former Communist sites in Krakow. The Poles are enterprising by nature