http://gawain.org/blog Learning to drive upside down... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:38:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've had birds nesting under our front porch for the last few years. Up until this year it's been robins, but this year some barn swallows came along and decided to reuse the robin's nest. The brood of four fledglings are now hanging out around the outside of the house ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/08/21/for-the-birds/ A little while ago there was a bank robbery here in Spring Hill at the Regions Bank. This police helicopter has been circling overhead for quite some time. The local schools are on lockdown. Hope they catch the bad guy soon. Meanwhile I'm glad I have my Kimber at my ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/08/13/bank-robbery-in-spring-hill/ One year ago yesterday we arrived on the island of Kauai. When we got to our condo in Princeville it was dark outside, but this sight greeted us early the next morning. From our porch we could see beyond the cliffs to the ocean. The air smelled so clean, with ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/08/07/rainbows-and-rituals/ We went to our dear friend Teasi's birthday party yesterday and had a great time. At the end of the party Teasi wanted all her girlfriends together for a group photo. This is what ensued when the birthday girl suggested that she do the picture with her eyelids turned inside ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/08/02/a-gaggle-of-grossed-out-gals/ I finally took the plunge. Now I can blog about nothing from anywhere. http://gawain.org/blog/2008/08/01/iphone-3g/ I never paid much attention to closed captioning on TV until I started going to the gym. Since there's not much else to do while I'm working out I've been struck by a couple of things as I watch. First, how much skill it must take to keep up with ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/05/30/is-somebody-you-know-a-pressroom-cyst/ I have a tee shirt that reads "I never finish anyth." The caption is tongue-in-cheek, but as I often have several projects in the hopper at once it sometimes feels like the truth. e-Sword LIVE is a project that after a long incubation period has finally escaped into the wild. I've ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/05/25/e-sword-live-goes-um-live/ I took the family to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival last Sunday and we had a great time. Watching a couple of knights jousting, eating a giant turkey leg and shouting ARRRRGH! at the top of my lungs was just what I needed. More musings coming soon... probably. :-) http://gawain.org/blog/2008/05/07/the-tennessee-renaissance-festival/ I've been so submerged in my work of late that I haven't had time to do much of anything else. Since updates have been few and far between for the past couple of months, I doubt anybody even noticed that the blog has been down for a few days. Some cretin ... http://gawain.org/blog/2008/05/07/finally-something-to-write-about/ Here's two pictures taken within an hour of each other. It hasn't decided whether to be winter or spring around here, so we're getting both at the same time. Sledding, snowball fights and flowers... A perfect combo for a Saturday in March. http://gawain.org/blog/2008/03/08/winters-not-over-yet-or-is-it/