Honestly, I don’t remember much from that last year that I lived as a dependent minor. We were in a mobile home in the hills. Dad was working on his dream home in the country and my brothers and I were helpers in the labor. The land was bought on contract for under $10k and...
Mom gave us a wallet or coin purse one day when I was ten or so. Later she was after us in earnest to search it for a sapphire she was sure she’d stored in it. The stone was never found. It had been a gift from her biological dad. Her father was a man...
In the recent year I’ve visited my mother more times than in the previous ten. She’s been local and I got into the habit of stopping in on her if I was in the area. She’s still thinking like she’s got plenty of time, but she’s 80 and off warranty. The clock is ticking. She...
Aware that in times past, books and documents have been committed to metal sheets and plates, I wanted to give it a try. First I made the tiny books as described in a previous post in this blog. Then I wanted to expand the size. I found some copper and brass at a local hardware...
One day in an intersection I waited opposite a big work truck with an enormous windscreen. Four men sat shoulder to shoulder and I imagined their reaction seeing me in a little two seat car. I did a Europa and a Sprite version despite that I was sitting in a comparatively roomy ‘Zed Three’ BMW...
