A Queer Mobile

I'm in a gallery!

John introduced me to one of his galleries, and helped me put together a small portfolio of prints. We took them to Des Moines just before Christmas, and they're on display now! Click on each image for a larger view

A Digital Sundial For Christmas

I worked hard to come up with unique things for John this Christmas. He's always been fascinated by time and by timepieces, so when I found a digital sundial, I had to get it! Click on the image to view the time (1:20 PM) a bit more clearly.

Living a tempo giusto

Honore's In Praise of Slowness has a wonderful introduction to the idea of slow living. It's not about being slow, in the Luddite sense of refusing to get on with life. It's about having the right to set one's own tempo.

Christmas at home

How wonderful to spend Christmas Day here at home! Usually we're with John's family for Christmas. This year the family meets on Boxing Day. Corelli and Britten play in the background, and John's playing with the toys I got him.

New ways to give

Working for a major philanthropic foundation has made me much more aware of how donors and worthy grantees get linked up. Two articles on the web point out some of the major changes taking place in philanthropy.

106 Mission Drive: A Poem

A Love Poem for John

Maybe Say No To a Real-time Life

I'm an unregenerate technophile. My toys are mostly for fun, though. I've worked with a number of folks who let their gadgets run their lives. This post provides some links about a way out.

Uncle Harve's Journal: Editor's Introduction

My father preserved his favorite uncle's journal. Uncle Harve Schoonover kept a journal most of his life. A writer in the best tradition of down-to-earth Midwesterners, Uncle Harve covers topics from his boyhood in Kansas and Illinois, to his teaching Indians in Montana in the early 1910's, to politics and his Midwestern neighbors.

Uncle Harve and I meet exactly once. He was unimpressed. My encounter with his writing leaves me much more engrossed, though. He wrote his journal specifically so that those who came after could understand what life was like for him. I've edited it. Check him out..

Uncle Harve's Journal: 1. Kansas and Illinois

A homestead in Kansas turns into a farm in Illinois.

Uncle Harve's Journal: 2. A New Community

Scaring yourself in an old farm house, and life in a one room school.