by admin | Mar 28, 2018 | job
…and this morning’s view from my office window. Sun, blue skies, typical California for where I live.
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | job
The view from my office window this morning. Rain, rain, come again. California needs more rain. California needs a lot of things. But not too much rain, or we’ll start flooding. Rain and mist on the mountains always reminds me of Susan Cooper’s The Grey...
by admin | Aug 10, 2015 | job
In my mostly life, I work for my family’s farming company. Dirt, tractors, trucks, lettuce, celery, deep wells, fog in the morning rolling in off the Monterey Bay, sunlight and blue sky, no rain and water-contentious California. We do a variety of things, but...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | job, random
My new project. Restoring this old Ford F5. It’s somewhere between a 1947 and a 1952. I’m not doing the actual restoration, but I’m overseeing the various people working on it: one to cut away the superstructure and lines on the back and build a...
by admin | May 22, 2014 | job, random
Nope. No plans for blackbird pie. The feathers get stuck in your teeth and I’m no royal to demand such gourmet fare. However, blackbirds are a perennial perplexing pest of the most pestilent persistence on our farm. A pox on their house. Among other things, they...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | job, random
I’ve noticed something startling about children due to being around my three little in-house barbarian sons. Their initial goals in terms of gainful employment revolve around traditionally manly jobs such as firefighters, policemen, astronauts, assassins, etc....
