Archive for 2007
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
While we were in Lincoln City, Oregon, Steph arranged for us to learn how to blow glass at the Jennifer L. Sears Glass Studio. I've been interested in learning more about glass blowing for years, so this was a chance to finally have some hands-on experience with the process.
We both made hanging ...
Posted in Travel | No Comments »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
I was doing some research for a project yesterday and came across the clipping that follows.
It is an excerpt from the March 5, 1776 issue of the Londonderry Journal, the newspaper of the time in what is now Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Several things are interesting about it.
First is the extraordinary age ...
Posted in Cultures, Geopolitics, Religion | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
In the first light of day, before even the dawn, they come.
Down to the base of the dune cliffs, down to the sea’s edge, they come.
.
They come as men have always come, to go down to the sea in small boats.
These boats, the Dorys, and these men, the Dorymen, go ...
Posted in Travel | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
File this one under “you learn something new every day.”
While at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinville, Oregon (highly recommended) I noticed this small gasoline engine on display.
It combined several of my lifelong interests: aviation, historical aircraft, motorcycling, historical motorcycles and something from my youth, Heathkit.
When I was nine my ...
Posted in Motorcycles, Sci / Tech | No Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Back in January I asked you to answer the question: If you could only take a backpack full, what books would you take to a desert island?
I got quite a few responses, most of them within days of my posing the question.
Just about everyone who submitted a list ...
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Monday, September 10th, 2007
My comments last month about the U.S. Housting bubble generated a lot of comments, however, it came before I started this blog, so they all came back via email. This will be your chance to share your comments with a wider audience than just me.
Since last month we've seen a further ...
Posted in Econ / Finance, US Politics | No Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Message below from our Milwaukee friend Bob Grambling.
I met Bob at a sushi bar down the street from my apartment when I was living in downtown Milwaukee. We later attended many BMW rallies together, along with his partner Bunny.
Bunny was the key element and one of the prime instigators of ...
Posted in Motorcycles, Travel | No Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/in-this-land.pdf
You will need an Adobe PDF document viewer to open this file. You can download a free PDF viewer from Adobe at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
Posted in Cultures, Travel | No Comments »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
We just spent a couple of weeks in Iowa.
During the presidential campaign portion of the election cycle. During the pre-caucus portion of the presidential campaign portion of the election cycle.
There is nothing quite like that experience. Especially if you have friends and relatives who are normal Americans and watch ...
Posted in US Politics | No Comments »
Friday, August 17th, 2007
We spent last weekend at my hometown’s big annual event and doing our yearly pilgrimage to the Iowa State Fair with our granddaughter.
While we were at the fair some banners containing information about Iowa’s agricultural output caught my eye.
I started doing some research and came across some interesting and sometimes ...
Posted in Cultures, US Politics | No Comments »
