Our newly-painted Home. Isn’t it beautiful? It’s amazing to me how, in less than a week, two painters can transform a home from weathered and tan, to looking brand-new and terrific. Jim and David did a fantastic job. They don’t need the kudos–they have enough work to keep them busy just from referrals after 27[…]
It isn’t exactly a race, but I’m sitting here tonight wondering who will finish first… As I tap this blog post into existence, Rod Janpol and Lisa Twining Taylor are hard at work putting the final touches on the two projects they’ve agreed to tackle for me: audio engineer in Rod’s case, and[…]
Click on image to enlarge and read… I see a lot of content online. I especially notice content that appears on Upworthy, a formerly awesome place that “boosts” (curates) noteworthy posts from other sources. What I notice there, and elsewhere, is the declining quality (professionalism) of the content which they consider boost-worthy. Much[…]
I was given a fleeting glimpse of my new book website this evening…and I am so excited, I’m experiencing Christmas Tree Brain tonight. (Remember being a kid on the night before Christmas? Yeah, it’s like that. Maybe worse. Or better, I probably should say. It makes it hard to shut my eyes and go[…]
I’ve spent the past few weeks every evening and many afternoons watching remastered versions of Star Trek The Original Series. I just finished up with Season One after watching Seasons Two and Three earlier. (My Season One disks didn’t run; they apparently were formatted for another region of the world. I had to buy[…]
Deaken: Forever in My Heart and Dreams… Taking into careful account the most influential beings in my life–among them actors, teachers, parents, siblings and friends–I find it odd–and quite telling–that the being who most often appears in my nighttime dreams is Deaken, my “serval son“. Deaken… who I lost to death on September[…]
In no time at all the audio book and PDF versions of ‘DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal, A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best’ will be available at YellowBalloonPublications.com. Please note: These two versions are exclusive to Yellow Balloon Publications; they won’t be available via Amazon or Createspace,[…]
Two DeForest Kelley-related gigs happened to me this week: First, Jim Fossett with The Northern Kittitas County Tribune interviewed me about my association with De yesterday. He assembled a good piece that covers the evolution of my association with De. The newspaper has a 5000+ circulation. It will be published this coming[…]
The Enduring Legacy of DeForest Kelley: Actor, Healer, Friend DeForest Kelley was once asked how he would like to be remembered. He responded with a contrite laugh, “Well, you know, sometimes I wonder if they will remember! There‘s nothing deader than a dead actor… That‘s almost a question for someone else to answer.”[…]
I had almost forgotten how awesome the original Star Trek was. It has taken me this long following De’s passing–17 years!!–to feel capable of watching it again without “losing” De all over again…and I have no idea how long it was before that, that I watched an episode–probably decades! Season One, I discovered, doesn’t[…]