Amerisuites Grand Rapids Airport

Molly is the newest addition to the family - a chocolate lab and springer spaniel mix - she was a rescue from a local shelter. She is about 1 1/2 years old and has been a real joy. Like all labs she loves to carry things around the house in her mouth, she's very friendly, loves to cuddle, love to point on rabbits, squirrels and birds. Her favori...

Grand Rapids, MI... I have nothing to say really. It decided to start raining like crazy the minute we crossed the Michigan border. Needless to say, I didn't feel like exploring much in the rain. But, our show went well, we had an excellent crew in a great space, so I can't really complain. I just hope Michigan gets a bit better.

Tuesday 7/28

Photography day is here or was. Dan the model called to ask permission to bring a model friend along and so did. Started at 10 am and finished at about 2pm having made over 1000 images. Now the processing of those images, down to a very few, begins when I get back in town. Dan and Braxton both said it was fun and I had a good...

Mon 7/27

Did the breakfast thing and then headed out for Grand Rapids home of ____. Am now at the cabin on Lake Whatever, some 16 miles north of GR. The sun has set, the sky is light gray and there is a very nice reflection of that sky on the lake surface. From where I am setting the lake looks like it comes up and under the cabin, VERY n...

My First Organic Farm Experience

So I spent two weeks staying and working at a place called Earthkeeper Farm. I came into contact with Earthkeeper through the WWOOF (worldwide opportunities on organic farms) and they were happy to take me in and let me work for them.

The owners of the farm are a young couple named Rachelle and Andr...

Where has the time gone? There are only six weeks until we leave! We bought our plane tickets, found someone to watch the dogs/house, and booked a couple of day tours and a hotel in London (for 6 days). With everything we wanted to do, it made far more sense to stay in London for the first few days rather than to try to come in from Billericay e...

We woke to a great breakfast homemade by Mary, Dave again played pool with the kids. We washed 3 loads of dirty clothes and packed up again. We drove east to Grand Rapids to see Debbie and Don Brezinski my 2nd cousin and Mary and Dave's daughter. I have not seen Debbie and Don for at least 25 years just the same as I remember. When I as 14, 15 &...

For the last five months, I lived with my parents and visited friends and family in Grand Rapids, Michigan. One day, I was reading from Jack Kerouac´s enlightening (buddhist) philosophical book, called "some of the dharma." During one writing-off-the-top-of-his-head moment, the author wrote, ¨The only perfect realization of personality coming wh...

It was a breezy autumn day, there was a basketball hoop in my front yard, and I was hungering for some competition. I called my best friend, Chris, who came right over. We discussed the simple concept of "Competition of the Week" 10. Whoever makes the longest shot, wins! Full maple trees hung over the side of my parents' acre-long yard. Other tr...

An hour before midnight on Christmas Eve, Tracy answered the door to her house. "Hey, how's it going, Psycho?" She greeted me with my high school nickname, which I'd laboriously earned after four straight years of goofing-off. I'll admit that I had a great time causing mischief with the guys at my high school, but I didn't get many dates those d...