MY LIFE

Hey, you know how to throw your daily agenda for a loop?   Spill chicken grease all over the kitchen floor while transferring the foil lining from pan to trash can.   I really wasn’t planning to mop the floor today … or sterilize the garbage can.   Hmph.

Okay, so apparently it was just an internet glitch or something.    Jo wondered if it was due to different page names, but there were people (including my brother) who couldn’t even type in www.raywhiting.com and make it come up.
Here’s a very interesting video about a New Orleans icon… Miss Willie Mae Seaton, who lost her [...]

SEVERAL people today have said that they can’t reach my Web site — it keeps coming back “page not found” or some other such error message.   I don’t know why, but I’m wondering if ANYone besides me is actually able to see this?   Very confusing and troubling, y’know?
As for the sock effort.   I screwed it [...]

Today, in the United States, a day of observance is given to remembering those who have fought for this country and have died in battle.   It is a solemn day of remembrance for them, just like Veterans Day on November 11 is a day to remember those who served and have returned home.
Most wars are [...]

Wow.    The last few mornings, I’ve been able to take my morning coffee and first smoke out on the patio, nekkid to the morning air, and it’s been a wonderful way to wake up.  This morning, however, I went out around 4:15 and it was like walking into a sauna — the thick steaminess of [...]

Okay, so I’ve got the skeleton up for the Knitivity Web site. As you can see, there is still much to be done there. But at least the shell is up and I have a framework within which to operate.   Always moving forward, right?

And I’m not really sure how I’m supposed to take it.   Yesterday I had what I thought was a good and productive day.   I started the day with a list of chores/errands/projects.  By early afternoon, my list had been all checked off.  That felt really good, and I was proud of myself.
Today, however, I woke [...]

This is what I want to use for a tattoo:

You might recognized it is my own artwork, from the center disc of the Will To Live Mandala, from my mandala gallery. I don’t want the full disc, just the sprouted seedling, resting on the Tao (yin-yang symbol). I don’t want the [...]

whattaya think?
This is one of the Passion Flower blooms in my back yard. The royal purple petal fold back to reveal a ‘crown’ in the middle. So very beautiful, don’t you think?

And here, finally are the pictures of my most recent dyeing work…
Red Velvet! Parts look deeper/richer than other parts, but these six hanks were [...]

I have a series of pictures of the last 3 days of work, and now the friggin system won’t let me post them … or upload them via FTP.   I’ll be amazed if I can even post this paragraph.  Guess I’ll just go to bed early, get up early and see if the dang thing [...]

In the last post, I shared the picture of a spider web, spun and hung in the night.  It had been there the night before, then was gone during the day, then  was rebuilt in the night.  I had thought maybe it had been blown away the first time, but again yesterday it was gone [...]

Night before last I noticed a visitor in my backyard.
During the day yesterday, however, I noticed there was no evidence at all of the visitor.
But last night just before bed I went out for a smoke (I have to smoke outdoors now), I noticed my visitor was back, and was able to capture a picture [...]

well, in spite of everyone’s best efforts, Ray Nagin somehow managed to get re-elected as mayor for the next four years.   I don’t understand it, but I suppose if that is how the majority of voters actually voted, there’s not much I can do about it.
But I can be grateful that my picks for City [...]

I don’t mind.  I don’t have the A/C running, just open windows and the floor fans.
Got up early this morning, went and cast my vote in the mayoral election, then walked to the market for a few things.  Spent much of the rest of the day working around yarn dyeing.  I was able to get [...]

Charlotte asked:
Why can’t you move for a couple more months? Sounds to me like you have no desire to live in New Orleans. It may be time to move the moving date up and “get out of Dodge.”
Without giving away all my personal information, it is a decision based largely on finances and the availability [...]

Glock?   S&W?   something else?
With the increasing reports of gangs and thugs migrating into the Uptown area where I live, along with neighborhood reports of gunfire as part of the ‘normal’ evening ambience, I am seriously considering taking a gun safety and handling course, as well as going for a concealed carry license.
I absolutely and completely [...]

I woke this morning just before 4:00, got up and started my day.  I’ve come to LOVE taking my second coffee to the back porch before dressing for the day.   I think I got started on this while I was at my daughter’s in Texas.  She doesn’t allow smoking inside her house (even though she [...]

Buncha goddamn idiot bitchy bitches on the forums today. Sheesh. Who gives a fiddler’s flying FUCK who her parent are? She’s a bitch and dishes up verbal abuse for anyone not in her little posse, but has consistently refused to honor a challenge to back up her false allegations. Stupid [...]

Monarch butterflies
On Spring breeze they visit me
in the yard.  Then gone.
Yesterday morning I was blessed to see many, many Monarch butterflies in my back yard.  How fun! I tried to capture some pictures, but they were not the least bit cooperative — constantly flitting about, and then over-the-fence-they-flew before I could turn on my digital [...]

Today is Mother’s Day.   Mine has already passed.  But there’s always Mother Earth.
Try not to let her get pissed off.
And definitely don’t let her get pissed on.  She’ll put up with a lot, but then when you cross that line, you will absolutely be informed of your misstep.
A couple days ago in the nola.com forums, [...]