Saturday, September 30, 2017

A Big Thank You...

...to Wendy Saha of MODPLEXI...for the gorgeous house numbers now adorning our wall.

Another couple of views...
yep, that's me in silhouette...think of it as "aht"...

We absolutely love this mid century modern flair that combines the pretty with the practical...no more delivery people driving up, leaning out and asking, "is this 391?"

And Wendy is great to work with...a real pro in all things plexiglass and a precise crafts(wo)man when it comes to your finished product.  She's careful about all the details to be sure you end up with an item you love.

Find Wendy and her MODPLEXI shop on Etsy and at MODPLEXI   You'll be glad you did.

Got out on the course with my hickories and walked 9 this morning...
...it was a balmy 43 degrees to start but warmed up nicely on this beautiful fall morning...

...and it was a tale of two rounds...holes 1 through 5 were pretty good...highlighted by making a 35 foot uphill putt for a bogey on #3, and a par on #5...but then I pretty much fell apart completely on 6 as if I'd never even seen a golf club before...recovered a bit on 7, and righted the ship on 8 and 9 finishing with 2 bogeys.

Then we were out and about running errands...along the way picked up this beautiful Howard Miller clock that now graces a stone wall near our dining room...
...the one that was there got moved to our master bathroom...
...where it's currently tick-tocking obediently for us.

As part of the day's activities we decided to embrace the local Dutch heritage - we do live in Holland after all - so we stopped by the Dutch Village that's about a half mile from our house.

Bought some delicious dutch treats and browsed the shops there...
This is a cool "tiny clock" that chimes the 4 quarters and the hour on the hour...didn't buy it but was tempted.  They have many German cuckoo clocks there as well, some for more than $1,000...gotta really love cuckoo clocks at that price.

Browsed various and sundry dutch knick knacks...

...and of course the requisite wooden shoes...had a pair when I was a kid living in Texas believe it or not...

...love the Dutch street names...

...and the statue of a fisherman enjoying a salted herring...yummmm...

Came across some cool art deco pics / signs, included here for no other reason than I like that style almost as much as I do mid century modern:




But now, let us all give heed to this eternal truth...
...and so I shall on this gorgeous fall day...

later, mcm fans...

* Crass Commercialism Corner *

In the "so convenient you can't stand it" department, you can purchase my books here and on Amazon.com!

Get your paperback books here:



Get your ebooks here:




Thank you!

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Hottest Day Of The Summer...

...turned out to be the first day of Fall...and even though it really only got up to 92 degrees, not 110 or whatever my thermometer-in-the-sun thought it was, it was still pretty ding dang diggety dong hot out there today.

Thankfully I had today off from work because it's our anniversary...
...so how about some champagne and roses?  We kid each other about this one being the dirty dozen, but apart from trusting Christ as my Savior, Karen is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

And today she wanted to put her toes in the lake, so even though I was sure on the hottest day of the year it was going to be jammed, off to the beach we went...
...and to my happy surprise, it really wasn't that crowded at all...no problem finding a parking spot and the beach was occupied but not swarmed.

That's a view of the Spyglass Condominiums...Karen and I have talked about retiring there sometime in the next decade or so.  To do so I'm going to have to sell a lot more books than I have to date, so I need you and 500,000 of your closest friends to each buy two...that's not asking too much, is it?

More pics from the beach today...


A gorgeous day and even though we weren't there all that long it was a good time...

...and I started the day off pretty well, too...got out on the links to walk 9 and did ok.

For whatever reason things made sense today...finished with the same golf ball I started with and hit my mashie 165 yards a couple of times...that's good for me...hit it 150 yards several times, and was consistently in the 135 to 140 range.

Even birdied the short par 4 #6...slight fade on my drive, short chip onto the green and a 1 putt of a 15 footer for a bird.

Of course 7 was one of those holes when I lost track of the stroke count - hey, can I help it I only have 9 fingers?  After a decent drive from the tee, things kind of fell apart...ended up in the sand trap and 3 putted...only hole I did that today.

Oh well...overall it was a good round for me and a very pleasant stroll through the country.

Even got to see a free range chicken at the end...
...which confused me bc I frequent Pheasant Run golf course, not chicken run golf course...

Anyway, this was a good day...Karen made burgers on the grill tonight and we finished the day watching a movie together...color me a happy man.

And we still have the weekend in front of us...insert woo hoo! here.

but now it's late and I'm off to dream land...

later, mcm fans...

* Crass Commercialism Corner *

In the "so convenient you can't stand it" department, you can purchase my books here and on Amazon.com!

Get your paperback books here:



Get your ebooks here:




Thank you!