A Queer Mobile

The iPhones have landed

I finally jumped in the iPhone game with a vengeance two weeks ago. Our Sprint contract was expiring so John and I replaced our old phones with spiffy new ones. We both hopped on the plane to California and gave them a real workout.

Result? I couldn't be more delighted with them.

I've been doing an amazingly large amount of emailing and surfing - including writing this post - right from the palm of my hand. John fielded messages on the go in downtown San Francisco without a hitch. And we both watched video on the planes.

My only complaint? I'd like to have more memory on the unit for those times when I'm away from home for some time.

Here's the old codger

Ki's sixteen as of the first of August. He's not very stable on his
feet these days, but we still manage to get out twice a day to see
who's roaming around the cemetery at the end of the block.

A musical afternoon

John's new shop in in Cedar Rapids's New Bohemia district along Third Street. A group of residents and owners created CR's first public art show open to all artists - the 2 x 2 exhibit that opened earlier this summer. Now the same group's created an open music show - and John and I headed down to see folks. Here's a short video of what we saw and heard:

Oven-dried tomatoes

Here's my way of doing oven-dried tomatoes. I love these so much I've even started growing the Principe Borghesi variety that's cultivated in Italy for sun-dried tomatoes. But you don't need a special variety to enjoy these: any small, fully ripe tomato will do well.

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Our trail's flooded out

John and I headed out onto the Cedar River trail one Sunday in late August after a week of heavy rain. We made it around the first bend only to find our trail flooded out. I shot some video of our walk, the flooding, and our walk a bit farther down the trail.