Ars Gratia Artis

Rather like this.
And so, one of the major projects this year has been working on bringing my gardens back into line. It’s part of an overall arc of making my life more suitable for me, but this is a part that has borne some literal fruit. Hereafter are notes and pictures on projects, and I [...]

This may be the best picture of Michael from Pennsic:

That’s right, Michael is dressed as Sir Titanius Anglesmith of Cornwood.
Courtesy of Jodi.

Trying to deal with all my technology impediments, that is.
My camera remains gone. I am down to using the video camera for shots, which, even at it’s highest setting, takes crappy stills, and it only works well with Micheal’s desk top. Micheal’s desktop, when it is on, is the only one that can be hooked [...]

There was a moment among the merchants in which the herald made the last cry of the war.* I stood among the booksellers and listened to the news she conveyed in her singsong cadence, listened to her well wishes for all until we all meet again. I found myself on the verge of tears; [...]

and so.
pardon the lack of capitals; i am composing on my phone. capital letters are too much a bother to do; it interupts the flow of my thoughts.
in a few days, i will have the opportunity to put pictures into my entries, but, alas, they are not of sharp quality; i have had to use [...]

How many calories does worry burn?

Last night, I finished attending a short continuing education class at UWM: Read to Write! It was the sort of class I like—learning through experience–and I found the instructor to be both pleasant and helpful. To his credit, he was well-able to tolerate my tendency to wave my arms and rant senselessly, so he is [...]

…. Although my birthday isn’t precisely today. We celebrate over the course of a weekend most of the time, and this is my weekend. So far, it has been nice.

We had coffee and sammys at Alterra on the Lake with Steve.
We went to the West Allis Farmer’s Market–where we ran into Ruhl Zilke, an [...]

And I am not a part of her scented web of lies.

Richland Center, WI
One mornin’ at breakfast I said to my wife
We’ve been everywhere once and some places twice
As I had another helpin’ of country ham
she said “We haven’t never been to Vietnam
there’s a bunch of our boys over there”
So we went
Well we got a big welcome when we drove in
Through the gates of a [...]

I remembered when I bit into the sandwich, and the memory was visual. I saw myself standing in the Meade Superette, looking down at the corned beef sub I’d just bought, noting the chopped red pepper condiment spread across the sandwich: the first time I had hot peppers on a sub. The small store had [...]

Leesie had a distant memory of some weird commodity called spare time. She questioned this memory, however, for surely such a delightful thing could be nothing more that a fantasy. Surely this was but a false memory of some old dream that had somehow drifted into the place where memories of things that are real [...]

I’m in a great deal of pain. Thy mystery injury has flared up again. Last night, all my demons danced in my dreams.

Two killed in crash outside Waubonsee college
By Melissa Jenco and James Fuller | Daily Herald Staff - 4/15/2010
From sports to medieval re-enactments, Ryan Sherrod had a wide array of interests and a wide array of friends who knew they could count on him, family members say.
“He was the kind of kid you need a hand [...]

Traveling Back Through Days:
How I had hoped that today would be productive. Or, barring that, I’d pick up the mess I made yesterday & Friday while making a yellow silk partlet and 2 small, simple tunics. I may use the rest of that tunic material to make a summer weight plaid cotehardie. More Pennsic wear. [...]