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Saturday, September 1 Fortress Microsoft... Advanta-C against a brilliant blue sky... |
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Saturday, September 8 I observed a Pokémon tournament at Crossroads and it made me think of my nephew Will in Charlotte... |
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Looking Back - 2008, July
22 With Ai-chan at Crossroads in Bellevue. I picked up a poster listing the Pokémon characters for my Nephew Will. Young Will had created a notebook with his own drawings of the Pokémon characters - click here. I would present Young Will with the Pokémon poster upon my arrival in Charlotte... Photo-Journal... |
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Saturday, September 15 The first sighting of the Kona Pipeline Porter... the Fall season can now commence! |
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Thursday, September 20 Bellevue, WA... Crossroads... The Honeyville Rascals... a ukulele trio... |
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Friday, September 21 At Crossroads Barnes & Noble... "Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit!" Spotting this book made me think of my Sister Jan's family in Charlotte and the fine birthday gift they sent a couple of years back... |
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Looking Back - February 5, 2010 Picking up my birthday package (from Sister Jan & family) at the Redmond Pony Express. The package arrived a little late but the contents were mysteriously doubled! Photo-Journal... |
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Looking Back - February 6, 2010 Saturday morning biscuits & coffee in Bigfoot with a new birthday tablemat on the table... |
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Saturday, September 22 The tile counter at Ebru Mediterranean Grill... Crossroads... Here's a shot of the same counter, from 2003, when I was with Hiromi... Photo-Journal... |
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At Interstate Batteries in Everett... a new 12-volt engine battery and 2 new 6-volt "house" batteries... |
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Bellevue WA... Crossroads... Michael
Guthrie on the dulcimer singing "Shortenin' Bread"... "Mama's little baby loves shortnin', shortnin' Mama's little baby loves shortnin' bread" My Mother used to sing me this song when I was little more than a toddler. Michael's next tune was on the 6-string, a fine finger picking version of "Deep River Blues" a la Doc Watson. |
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Bob the Crossroads Soundman in his "office." It occurred to me that Bob must be one of the most clapped at fellows in the Seattle area - every performer on the Crossroads stage always calls for a round of applause for Bob in recognition of the fine job he does on the soundboard night after night. Bob really shines when reinforcing acoustic instruments... |
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Friday, September 28 Bellevue, WA... Crossroads... Bryan Bowers was singing "Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies" as I walked in... with autoharp... says he's the first "living" inductee of the Autoharp Hall of Fame. I had a pleasant chat with Bryan after his set - I asked him where in Virginia he hailed from and he replied "Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis surrounded to George Washington in October of 1871." My kind of man! I replied that I'm from 40 miles east of Kings Mountain and Cowpens where General Daniel Morgan of the Continental Army whooped Lord Cornwallis before he got to Yorktown, in January of 1781! I bought Bryan's Bristlecone Pine CD after our chat and I'm enjoying it even as I write these words... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Bowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlL6wxdCV_A |
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At Crossroads... after my breakfast I checked on Champion... |
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At
Uwajimaya in Bellevue... march of the pickles... Note to Ward: For every one you so callously toss aside, there are a hundred million waiting in the wings... |
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Sunday, September 30 The first round's on me for the first person to get back to me with at least a semi-correct explanation for this shot... |
