Friday, July 3, 2026

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Horsetail

Trying to trim nose hair, Mr. Nose took a hit. Michelle had tooken a liking to the horsehair growing in the front and learned it whar good fer whut ails yuh including staunching of blood flow. It worked! Instantly! Amazing!

My left eye is blind. I had a little LSD too.





Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Chairs

Recently, Greg in Travels of a Rambling Van, told how they get every penny's worth out of their stuff. I had to tell how much worth i get from fewer pennies and lauded my $4.00 chair that needed $0.53 in repairs. 

A kind woman in an Oregon thrift store saw it was broken and i saw it was easily fixable. A win-win.

Here it is on the back veranda. Look closely at the front starboard leg and you'll see the machine screw, washer & nylok nut.






Here also is a Pietro Costantini chair rescued some 35 years ago from a street in the student ghetto. Worth approximately $1,500.00, i recently paid $150.00 to have it refurbished.  








Saturday, June 27, 2026

West Tofts Handaxe

the West Tofts Handaxe. (*1491* by Charles Mann is an 


unbeLIEVABLE source of anthro & archeological warrens)




FROM GOOGLE AI

The West Tofts handaxe is an iconic Paleolithic tool renowned for having a fossilized scallop (bivalve) shell perfectly centered in its fluted flint design. Created roughly 250,000 to 500,000 years ago, it is widely celebrated as one of the earliest examples of aesthetic expression in human history.

Images of this striking artifact reveal exactly how the ancient knapper meticulously crafted the stone tool to highlight the fossil.



The Central Fossil: The handaxe features a naturally embedded fossil (specifically, Spondylus spinosus). The early human who made the tool skillfully chipped the flint around it, centering the shell perfectly in the face of the handaxe.

Aesthetic Intent: Because this design choice provides no functional benefit to cutting or butchering, many archaeologists believe it demonstrates an early capacity for symbolism, beauty, and artistic thought.

Dimensions: The artifact measures approximately \(5 \times 3 \times 1 \frac{1}{8}\) inches (13.2 × 7.9 × 3.5 cm) and is composed of flint.

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This is an "interactive" 3-D image that i'm guessing uses alot of bandwidth. You may want to wait until your new allotment to view it, but it IS astonishing!


Sunday, June 21, 2026

john gerrard *Spirits*

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/john-gerrard-spirits 


Tapping the URL above takes you to the exhibit. 


Tap READ MORE to unfold the list of sandals. Tap it to initiate "exciting" the gaussian splats. Tap repeatedly to excite them further!



As the instructions say: press on the image. Tap repeatedly to change it. Move your finger to rotate the image.







Reviving The Studio

For about 15 years Michelle sat in here painting cat and dog images on ceramic mugs, plates, bowls and treat jars that she made in molds and fired in a large kiln. 

She stopped around 2015 when her mom, Susan Cook, died. Now that my day-trading is paying off, i'm interested in having a place to analyze my trades and chart patterns. Susan's desk, with the two lamps (see video) will work.

Michelle did a great job of clearing the areas around the windows so they can be replaced.












See description in video

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

The Mimosa

Aunt Ree Ree was a fan dancer in the '30s. She traveled to Hawai'i and Mexico.



There was a large mimosa in her front yard and on summer evenings we'd sit on her porch and enjoy its scent.


When, in '91 i sold my house, i brought a mimosa w me. When Sofie (the cat), Antoinette (the tortoise) and I moved in w Michelle we soon planted it, a nub barely two inches above ground. After 35 years in the shade of three large trees: an elm and two cottonwoods, it's remained diminutive. But it blossoms profusely and adds its wonderful scent and reminder of days of yore.