Spellbound Emily Brontë The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow. And the storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes beyond…
Skyrealms of Jorune…
Entering “Geek Mode”… Now… I bought Skyrealms of Jorune via ebay… and it arrived at my office today. For those that don’t know Skyrealms was one of the many competitors to Dungeons and Dragons. From the back cover… “150 years from now… Humans impose their will and technology on a distant planet… 3500 years from…
Re-Learning Geometry…
Whew… yesterday was great. I learned how to mark a site with the footprint of a house. There were so many things about a house that I had never considered before. It’s relationship to the surrounding countryside, the tree line, the sun, available shade and prevailing winds. Once that was figured out… it was a…
Awake in Waitsfield
Well… I’m in Waitsfield, Vermont for the week. I’m here to attend a Home Design course at Yestermorrow. It was cold as a witch’s tit last night… well compared to balmy Florida, anyway. Truth be told it was only in the 40’s, but coming from 90 degree weather it’s a real shock to the system.…
Make it stop… PLEASE… Make it stop!!!
For some reason I awoke today with, not one, but two… two hippie anthems dueling in my head… Where Have All the Flowers Gone and San Francisco ARRGHHHHH!!! The PAIN… The PAIN!!!!!
ouch!
Workout today was a killer… Legs feel like jello… not the bouncy jello with fruit in it… the runny jello that didn’t quite congeal properly. If you see me walking like I have to take a dump… you know why. –sam
Earliest Memories
I was born July 15 (a summer or two after the hippie’s celebrated their “summer of love” and a year after Neil met the man on the moon) to Ana Luisa H. and Manuel Balbino S. on the north end of an island known worldwide as Manhattan. My parents soon split. My earliest memories don’t…
Entering the 21st Century…
OK… I’ve entered the modern age. I bought a DVD player. You shouldn’t be shocked by this, though. I bought my first CD Player a decade after they were on the market. It’s kind of weird. I stay abreast of the latest technology, but I rarely seem to actually buy it. I’m not sure why…
Crazy Neighbors…
My neighbor across the street never, ever parks in his driveway. Neither does his wife. Instead, they park on the street. By the way, my neighbor drives a huge work van. His wife drives a some sort of American sedan. In the month that I’ve been living at the new place I have never seen…