I am sitting in what I guess we call our sun room reading. I call it our sun room because it has a skylight and is sunnier than the rest of the house and I am not sure what else to call it. The wicker chair I am sitting in...

I sit here today on the 4th enjoying the day off. I have spent a little morning coffee time doing some reading and writing. A little time with the family putzing around the house and this will lead up to burgers this evening and maybe a little fireworks watching. I...

The world is an exceedingly busy place. Each year it seems to get even busier. We continue to pile on a unending mountain of electronic minutia into our lives. It is no longer good enough to respond to the electronic buzz of business and society a portion of our day,...

Some who do not necessarily know me may wonder a bit at the banner image at the top of my blog. I have been building bikes and cars since I was a wee lad. First with my father then with my friends and later on my own. I tinker with...

Yes, we have a new puppy. Why in the world, you ask, would I be writing here about our new puppy? Well, in the less than 48 hours we have had said puppy he may not have learned much, but I have! Something like a new puppy gives us insight...