The daily countdown served its’ purpose as we left our old path and started a new one. Now is the time to dial back the frequency to a few times per week. I’m beginning to slowly add some focus on my first novel to our life here in paradise. While doing research, I have been…
June 8th: Have you ever been completely over your head?
Have you ever been completely over your head? When I was a high school basketball player, I closely followed the career of David Thompson. He was arguably the best college basketball player of his era. An inspiration to an elementary school kid named Michael Jordan. He was Michael Jordan before Jordan became Jordan. Thompson’s nickname…
June 7th: The Fan Club Band at Old Boys Brewhouse
A fun, productive day yesterday followed by another beautiful sunset. Tonight we skipped the sunset as it was a live music night at Old Boy’s Brewhouse. Old Boys have rapidly become our favorite. So many fun, friendly people, we are getting to know the regulars as we have become the newest in the crew. On…
June 6th Leaving California
The latest survey with wide media coverage says 49% of Californians would consider leaving the state due to the high cost of living. Back when we lived in Oregon, there was a lot of resentment directed at Californians fleeing to live in Oregon. Unofficial social media campaigns pushed to paint Oregon in a poor…
June 5th … Silver Salutes & Broken Arrows
So many stupid things I did as a kid, it’s a wonder nothing really bad happened. One combined arrows and powerful firecrackers (Silver Salutes). Digging thru my basement with a couple of friends we came across a fairly powerful bow and several broken, wood shaft arrows. We decided to duct tape firecrackers onto the ends…
June 4th … it’s Babylon 5
Are you a Babylon 5 fan? Haven’t heard of Babylon 5 but like science fiction? Either way, if you have Amazon Prime… you are in luck. For many years, this lengthy series has been lost. Not on reruns, not available to stream. But now, finally, it is back. Five season, 110 episodes. Remember Star Trek:…
June 3rd: Grand Haven Magic
Do you believe in magic? “And it’s magic, if the music is groovy It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie I’ll tell you about the magic, and it’ll free your soul But it’s like trying to tell a stranger ’bout rock and roll” When that song was written 50+ years ago, John Sebastian…
June 2nd: Ship Watching
Powerfully peaceful The fishermen’s pier was abandoned yesterday evening as the waves began to grow stronger, but still a beautiful relaxing evening. Way out on the horizon we spied a large ship heading north. For the first time, we remembered to bring binoculars and were easily able to identify it as the Calumet… a 628…
June 1st: We get to live here
First full month in paradise Surf’s up… 6 foot waves later today. As we were walking back to the car, a girl came running thru the sand with her surf board, exuding joy. My daughter’s bike mechanic summed it up when we were talking about the coming throng of tourists, “People come from everywhere to…
May 31st: 13 Reasons Why
13 Reasons Why I was completely engaged last year when 13 Reasons Why rolled out on Netflix. I found it powerful, well written, with excellent acting. There was a lot of controversy from people claiming it was irresponsible, glamorized suicide and could trigger copycats. I could not relate to any of the criticism. I saw…