Peter’s Gate
My Walk to Whole Food($) in Monterey To get in and out of my new residence in the hills of Monterey I must past through Peter's Gate. What that means,…
Three NIKKOR Z f/1.8 S-Line Prime Lenses
I decided last year not to buy any new camera gear, and instead setup the music studio in the shop mezzanine. I did that for less than the price of…
The Mockup Begins
Thanks to the COVID pandemic, I am about a year behind in my Sprinter Van conversion. But I am alive and healthy, so no complaints. The current problem is that…
View from my “Loft”
For five weekends I have been struggling to downsize from a 3 bedroom house to a small newly converted garage apartment in the hills of Monterey. I likely moved, re-boxed…
Phase 1 – Create a Sorting Space
Given I left Maryland for California in 2018 with nothing more that what fit in my car, one might think I am a hoarder. Yet every purchase was planned—mostly to…
Living in Paradise
OK – the anti-vaxxers are dying at a rate of 1000 day. Good riddance, less MAGA idiots. The rest of America doesn’t give a fuck, so the US will have…
I Will be Missing my Kitchen
Oh sweetheart, how I will miss you. But you are just too high maintenance. It’s time to move on.
The Unsung Hero – C-17 Globemaster III
I recall a few test failures of the wing back in 1992, which almost canceled the program. Later it was discovered that the test was conducted incorrectly - saving the…