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To keep driver's head in lower position, bottom of machine was omitted... but it is still possible to put mini-figure into the space !
I put this photo through two AI programs for restoration and research:
"This black-and-white photograph depicts a young African American woman standing in a poised, frontal pose against a rural backdrop, likely a wooden barn or shed in a snowy or wintry landscape, evoking the American countryside. She appears to be in her late teens or early 20s, with a serene, direct gaze and subtle smile that conveys quiet confidence and elegance. Her attire reflects Edwardian-era fashion trends popular among middle-class Black women in the United States around 1905–1915: a tailored gray wool coat with puffed gigot sleeves, a high white collar accented by a dark fur trim (possibly mink or rabbit), and a voluminous black fur muff held at waist level for warmth and style. The wide-brimmed black felt hat, tilted slightly, adds a touch of sophistication, framing her face while shielding against the elements—a common accessory in cold-weather portraits of the time. While the exact identity of the subject remains unidentified in available historical records (many such personal snapshots from the era were family-kept or studio-produced without captions), this image aligns with the "respectable" self-presentation encouraged during the post-Reconstruction and Progressive Eras. African American women, navigating Jim Crow-era constraints, often used refined dress to assert dignity, education, and social mobility. Photographers like Frances Benjamin Johnston captured similar studio and outdoor portraits of Black women in vocational or everyday settings around 1900–1910, emphasizing poise amid rural or urban life. The fur elements suggest relative affluence, as such accessories were aspirational luxuries, sometimes handmade or purchased secondhand.
Time: Circa 1908–1912, based on the coat's silhouette (pre-WWI Edwardian style, with the high collar and leg-of-mutton sleeves fading after 1914) and photographic technique (matte finish, no borders on the print edges, typical of cabinet cards or early postcards). This era saw a surge in affordable photography for Black communities, allowing more families to document milestones like confirmations or travels.
Place: Rural United States, most plausibly the Midwest or Northeast (e.g., Pennsylvania, Ohio, or upstate New York), where wooden outbuildings like this barn were ubiquitous on farms during winter. The sparse, overcast background and cold-weather garb point to a northern climate, possibly during the Great Migration's early stirrings when many Black families posed in homestead settings before urban relocations. Less likely but possible: the rural South (e.g., Virginia or Georgia), though the attire leans toward cooler latitudes."
The New Years Fireworks put off by the City of St. John's. I positioned myself on a hillside overlooking the city and the fireworks location. in my mind I planed to get the city, and the reflection of the fireworks in the lake. Reality I got the fireworks, city, fog and snow; and no reflection due to ice.
put back in the attic
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Love is the sweetest thing - Henry Hall
Love is the strongest thing
The oldest, yet, the latest thing
I only hope that fate may bring
Love's story to you
The Via dell' Amore is the lovers' walk along the section of the Sentiero Azzurro between Riomaggiore and Manarola. Here, a lovers' chair and hundreds of padlocks put a lock on love.
Happy Valentines to all my friends and contacts.
I don’t put my poems in straight jackets. The words fall where and how they please, like Summer rain on a field of wild flowers. I don’t cram or corral or corner them, and so they trust me. I’m often wrong but I’m always honest.
I don’t care much for structure. Surely it’s important, but I love the creative artist more than the business they represent. I don’t dress up my words. If they come in from the garden with dirty fingernails and wild, untamed hair, I don’t put a pretty bonnet over them. If they’re too raw, you’ll have to cook them. I’m utterly comfortable with transparency.
Words uplift, but they can bring you down. Often without the careless person’s knowledge. Oh, that we are ever mindful of the words we choose, the message we convey, and communicate as the Love we are, uplifting one another. If there is anyone I’ve hurt, I’m sorry. If you feel misunderstood, tell me. If you think I’m terribly wrong, ask me to listen.
If Heaven is real, and we have all of eternity to live together, we’d do well to begin practicing such One-ness.
LBM 5/17/2019
Nature put on a show the other day with big waves and a colourful sunrise. There was a lot happening in this little cove.
Life’s a Real Movie (The Movie Script)
[No Dialog] #allimagesinyourmind
Plot 1 – Scene#1
Climb-out.
Climb-over.
Cracking.
Crackling.
Fire Cracker Exploding right before it left ur Hands. Holding a long thin metal pipe with the Firework shooting out resembling a rocket launcher. A TRU Magnolia Tree off in the distance. I remember it being totally exciting (that R.I.P.–tide-rush) ! Think the cops were called. They couldn't find the culprit who was launching these things off. Also, once at R Ws' house this real bad skater-kid with GAT™ Jeans had a grip of fireworks & was shooting them into on coming traffic. We were hiding behind this wall just ducking out behind it (sorta 1/2 hanging out with real cool real bad skater–kid who was waaay older than US). Back 2 it… The works were lit then put down a thin long pipe. We watched him fire it a few times into the traffic. Then we left. Maybe that's why Sports & Compositions & Schools - kinda Keep Kids (film) (1995) busy. It maybe helps 4 dem 2Stay out of trouble &/or get into trouble - Thus, have a story 2 tell. Next time I'll talk about the crack house in Ryan's Neighborhood. Trap Trap Trap or Just a place kids would go Smoke Loud with spray painted walls. Just testing the paint-out. Stay Tuned ... :0)
Plot 2 – Scene#2
T. B. D.
Plot 3 – Scene#3
You made a thing.
Your Business BOOMed.
You bought Stuff.
Then your Business ran low ! :0(
(ƒOG) #now
Hedges running along fields.
Greenland, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Wyoming (all in one), tied 2gether. The Road Winds - the tan Fiat™ with NO top. Just runs along the coast but you can't see it. Running along the highway. The roads go the other way around. The driver drives like the driver lives. Slow & Fast - we GO. All along the workplace cycling through. The rolling fields of Questers. The town of Apopka (activate it) ! :0)
Plot 4 – Scene#4
Grand Pop - Grandpop - GrandPoppu - GrandPoppy.
Motors Tooting - Motor Oil -
Cars Start - Car Park - Lots -
Tons - KiloBrands - Slaps - Habits - Thoughts - The Sword & Stowe. :0)
Plot 5 – Scene#5
You live/d in a cold place when snow & ice are chilling on the ground for a long while - the stuff doesn't move - science & the earthz locationz 2 the sun won't let it. The Subaru™ factory workers with the 4 wheel drive won't let the factory close. They (the product which is the car/s) are built well & the Yen; Well won't go dry in this lifetime. They could invent the next flying car. This means a lot 2 Us. The energy around the corner. :0)
Plot6 – Scene#6
Wekiva.
SweetWater.
SweetWafer Club.
Sabal Palm.
Sabal Point.
(Yeah? So What) ¬
Sabal Point Country Club.
China Comes in
Blesses the Land in Yen.
34 Frosty Flavors @ the Mövenpick Hostel.
Plot7 – Scene#7
Breath Taking.
River Runs Through—it.
All Along the Run.
Take you away.
Take us away.
Take away or Stay.
Distraught or Taught.
Plot8 – Scene#8
Onyx in a Place.
Plot9 – Scene#9
Give.
Give a little bit.
Bit by file by file.
Cloud by Cloud.
Kraft Single by Single.
Nights Templar.
Night Terms.
Peak Peeking Peeping Peering Reappearing.
T.
Revolving rood.
Revolver.
Revolting.
Voit Football - Chuck It.
High into the sky.
Don't force it.
Let it go natural.
Plot10 – Scene#10
Let your body fly.
Dong (Sound).
Spirits find Rest.
Oh Yeah Life Goes On.
Long After the Thrill of Living is Gone.
Little Diddy.
Plot11 – Scene#11
GO just GO.
Do your thing.
No1 Can Stop your > Progression.
Your Regression doesn't exist.
You just keep on going.
Your in the United States.
We need 2 Leave again (why?) ?
You have already left.
Left in a way where your already back.
You want to go again.
It's all worn off.
The land doesn't last.
It's flat (like a tire–––d).
How to change the energy ?
Move your body.
Wiggle around.
Make something.
Be Something.
You start a business.
It's all well. In the wellllllllllllllllllll.
It's a double repeat.
2 Lives all mixed into 1.
It a white desk with writing all over it in a 'Play-Room' :0)
Plot12 – Scene#12
Once New Now Warn (Worn).
Speed Trap.
Collection of all needfulz.
Fills Frillz Business.
No Business.
Nude Business.
It's OPEN.
The Business is Waiting.
OPEN armed.
Over around that hill.
By the river that winds.
Your Contribution.
2 the Planet.
Images.
In a new way.
A way that's full frontal.
It's going 2 the people who seek.
The Adventurist.
It passes them energy 2 make something as well. Or just 2 take it in. Then the Energy can be used by the person. (Don't TRY - Just GO) #reflectionz on A pure advancement. 9679.
Plot13 – Scene#13
Ship - collect the shipments.
2 Gluten—free Blueberry Muffins #youthful
Nothing Junky - Pure.
Far Out.
Far Out Side.
1.
1 2.
(Writing as a Format) blaaaaat.
Arron Blaat (photo bro).
Blotto Protégée.
Guidance Challenge.
Marveled.
Plot14 – Scene#14
Dry your clothes outside.
In the Front of the House.
You got Touareg GAS.
A Full Tonka service fill UP.
The person behind the register comes out to help. Very Very Energetic. It's raining now. Windy Sunny Cloudy. The SUN is blocked. The SUN is out. Your outside but your inside (a car). Makeshift Shifting - Shift UP ! Shift DOWN. Your in N (neutral) - Your views are Neutral. A Neutral Stance on Everything. Your a Central. Comedy Central. Slam Dunkin' on the city. A recording session gone wrong. A twitter beef turns violet. ViO-Let. You have a black hoodie on with an All-Over print Flocking. You want to Float. First you wake up then run 2 the water then you float amongst the liquid. Floating on top, with your head back looking at the sky. You weightless. You R weightless. You weightless (money left your bank account (in a good way). The teacher doesn’t know (its funny). Your body doesn't have to do any work. Blood is running through it constantly. It's a machine… it's a motor. It's a piece of nature yet nature is scared of your commitment/s. BBBecause you will use use use. Give back in some kind way. Some kind of way. You were kind 2 the earth. Be kind 2 your body. Bring the good in. Hold the bad back with your hands. It's a heavy load. You should put it down. Your muscles can't hold it any longer. You tried. You need to rest & pick it back up later. Your BACK carrying the weight. How can you make the load lighter ? Lighten - UP ! :0)
Plot15 – Scene#15
Loyal - Silence - Ball - Make it.
Dip in the Dip.
Lost it Found it possible.
It all came in - all at once.
Five on Fix.
You thought it was Six.
F. X.
It's OK your not perfect.
Boogers Build up.
Things that don't do anything.
It's a clean out system.
A filter.
A Vact to suck everything up.
Then you let it all out.
Like a Saxaphone.
Playing true to it's temp.
Love evoL.
A collect ion of icon.
A River bed all dried up.
A Balloons in the sky sky.
Hot Air.
Sun Dried Tomatoes in a jar in the fridge. Breathing up a big breath.
A breath that will recharge you.
All in one. An Everything Bagel. In the bagel. Around the bagel. On the plate. On the detox. On the the Deconstruction. On the remake. On the time. No time on the Day. The day turns rotten. Then it turns UP into something great you'll look back upon. Summer Winter Fall. No Spring. Prelude. Prolong. Pro-lounge. If you'll have me +1.
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Plot16 – Scene#16
Lean around the corner.
Have a peek.
Do Not Lean.
Needful Things (2).
Who was that person ?
What was that place ?
You know that thing ?
No we don't.
It's all pieced together.
Do it solo.
No you need a printer.
Grab a part.
Who 2 Choose.
It's a match made.
It's not that bad.
Your bad it.
Bad as you wannabe.
Who's saying something ?
Gabba Gabba.
Pour Gabby.
People make fun.
B&W water rafting.
Using all the water.
Using all the petrol.
Using it all up.
Just so it seems 'fresh' &/or good for you. Not feeling the flow. Middle Finger Humor - :0)
Plot17 – Scene#17
Doverment Pincher.
Porsche 911 (the tan interior is a must & the turbo is optional).
What can I get from that ? What can I get for that ? Fischer Price Barn. The people with no arms are compete wind verse Nautical Compassion-ightsssssssss (read it over it makes sense). The people with no arms are compete wind verse Nautical Compassion-ightsssssssss (wait no sense all at the words). (whoa you lost me). Ment2. Competition with No 1. You always don't get the victory. Your Second Twice. The first time it was in a coloring competition with the Seminole County Water foundation. You used highlighters in stead of crayons. You took the different route (visually speaking). You got a 40$ gift certificate to toys R Us. You bought game gears Evander Holyfield boxing game. The game. The game gear. The blue game gear. The black game gear. tWAs quite bad… it was really technical the gloves were floating you couldn't see your arms. It was in first person perspective. When you got punched you really felt it. It rattled you. You don’t want your energy levels to go any lower. If they do you’ll have to rapidly press the buttons to get the character UP. You could design your own characters. I'd always make the characters have the most crazy dark skin. You could make the character have dark dark dark purple skin. The game was hard. I only played it cause It was new & wanted to beat it. I think I like Mike Tyson's Punch–Out so much I wanted to repeat the experience. How was the game gear even mine ? Everyone wanted to play it. I remember getting Mortal Kombat (original), it was such a watered down version (verses the Arcade Version). I never thought of bringing it to school. It would EAT batteries. Kodak™ Batteries for days. It had this cool case I remember plus we got the wall charger for it too. Just playing it all day. All the time was invested in it. How to make your work important ? Ugly thought. Just surround yourself with good people. Keep it important.
Plot18 – Scene#18
It's a skatepark.
Oh, it's just a farm.
PK npp.
Plot19 – Scene#19
Small little haus in the backyard of a house. It's hand made. It looks old. It looks like it's for kidz. It has a basketball hoop leaning on top of it. It has 2 windows. Who knows what the house in the front looks like. Don't steal Stylez. She was all in the air on her final flight. A final Fantasy. After the second time you don't succeed you can dust it off & you may try again. Writing. Dirty. Head nod — a — head — up. Going iffy into the distance. Driving. Driving with a cellular phone. Shake it Shake it. All in the mood 2 time. In a low gear eating low. Thinking low. 2L. 2K shot ! A grand finale ! (GO 4 it you any gots non thang 2 loose U Loser - (grammer (grammar) issues that were placed on purpose 2 purpose an option for an idea). It's all just 1 big practice. Cellphone calls are super TOY.
Plot20 – Scene#20
Stuff it down.
Bring it UP in Bejing.
No Fingers.
No Paintings.
Flower Squad - Tendong 2 thur craft.
Oh hair what is been written.
It's a live journal. Flips in the air. At least you can do that. Klaim your Park Kultura. Aggravated Aggro Crag. Bit you have Guts. Real Insides. Veins pumping pumping fluid up & down. Are you feeding your body correctly ? No just what's around. Around & Around. Talk it out. No We'd rather walk it out. Nostrils. Green Tea. Fennel Seed Pasta. DeBranded Ole Spice. Cabinetry. Chabaata Bread. Real Large Muffins. Product Placements. Marketing. Telemarketing is Back now it's SPAM. Did SPAM get mad it's called SPAM ? It's a spread. A spread of consciousness letting the spell check control the next word in the sentence. It's like this now it's like that & that's the way it is. izzy. I wonder how he is. No Dad 1:2 Dad - All Mom. Seattle. Fresh. UnFresh. 2 Young 2 Tell. 2 OLD 2 even care. The day was given. You took it with pride. You did all this great stuff (more over just running around) A long run to really think things over. Come back 2 reality super re-refreshed. : 0 ) All new all things rushing through your mind. You carry your past in your mind. Your a walking portable hard-drive. You can access all the files/memories whenever you wants. Some files/memories maybe a little obsolete & not fully compatible with the latest operating system you are running. Running ! You can go back. It's all in your frame of mind. You can. Your face is shaped & molded through this set of memories or filing system. Drawers of Sorts - Filing Cabinets. You can just pull them out. Observe the images :0)
Plot21 – Scene#21
Where are we ?
Water on Both Sides.
Gouge (decease(d).
Starch.
Glucose.
Bacteria.
An exciting research resource.
BioBiology.
No just thing as good or bad —— it's just energy (92.60 FM).
Plot22 – Scene#22
:0) = A Stopping Point
:0) = A Clown
:0) = A I'm not MADD symbol
:0) = All good #powerUP
Plot23 – Scene#23
When you live like this.
When you love like this.
Take it - Hand or back 4Runner. What 4 ?
Giver as in the one who gives things to others don't take it. Control your own roads. Navigate around. Things will drop. Things will pick up. It's like a garage that has A whole railroad town all inside it. When we watch your house we will find out how to operate the whole town. The engine comes to town & drops off the passengers at these specific times. Super pro. Super prolific. The energy runs through your body. It Stopped (the dogs barking). Bark from a tree. That line was dumb. Stupid. I remember the printer from the house sit (as in the house that was being sat). It was a digital vinyl printer. It could print these huge banners. So long & tight. It can express the latest victory. The banner can brag. The lights can get turned off. BFG. Out of Lights. It's a dinero issue. Do something. Leave something. IG hotel seen it dare. The beat is like a movie. Hear comes the wave. Catch it. Or you can just catch the next. Bleed. Not Both. Double sided. What you did ? What you do ? Trick. Grind Bubble Muscle. 40 Years. No Shudder. No Stufferz. Grass cut low. The Night (things move). Far Case. Absent. Rent. NO BAck UP. Promise I'll GO being treal. No inbetween. You have seen itt. Here > Oh, Thanks !
Plot24 – Scene#24
Real Active ! Still Alive !
Dallas - In the Living Room.
Dishes flying through the AIR #check
Scouting. Movie Sally. Hi. Guns. Rays. With my Brother. Butter. Make a Living. Pwrple. Eat. Lemon. Pie. County. Area Codes. Skert. We did it together. Phone Cherps (Jumps). Slooooooow. It takes us a while to learn. New Beat. 5 ways to cycle through. We worked hard on that. See it ? Oh, no who cares ? ! You made it & it sat. It's better than just staying put listening 2 everyone else's ideas. Live Journal ! :0) #wegotspirit #peach
Plot25 – Scene#25
Don't FOLD in 1/2.
2 Kids on Razor Scooters going over a bridge ! #tannerfoxfans
Head out the window. Make it easy. Q.
Plot26 – Scene#26
Pre–Pretending.
Plot27 – Scene#27
Paint in a Ball.
Richard Mille (watches).
A Soft Place.
Plot28 – Scene#28
No Crybabies...
Plot29 – Scene#29
9 Tech StartUps.
Plot30 – Scene#30
Kidzania.
Plot31 – Scene#31
Believe in you !
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Photo by Chase Middleton :0)
"A vision could put you on a path you don't want to follow." ~ Archie Fire Lame Deer, LAKOTA
There is a saying, "You move toward and become like that which you think about." If we keep thinking about a bad thing, we will move in that direction. If we think about fear in some area of our life, we will probably experience this fear. We move toward and become like that which we think about. If we think about secret things, these secret things will come to pass. Our visions are very powerful. Visions determine our direction, our lives. If you think about lustful things, it's a matter of time before you'll be wrestling with it. We should think about our visions to make sure they include the Great Spirit in every area. Great Spirit, today, give me Your vision to follow.
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Following the sun, to find the one,
Who's giving you the wings, to fly.
Following the sun, the golden one,
Losing sense for space, and time.
I'm following the sun.
To find the one.
Can you feel, the waves of life?
Can you hear, the sigh of love?
Do you believe in it?
Following the sun, just for the one.
Till you'll find the door, you thought.
Following the sun, like everyone,
Just searching for a sign, of hope.
I'm following the sun.
To find the one
Have a look up to the sky,
See the billion stars above.
Cause maybe on one of them,
You'll spend your further life.
Cause maybe on one of them,
You'll spend your further life.
I'm following the sun.
To find the one
Can you look up to the sky?
See the billion stars above.
Cause maybe on one of them,
You'll spend your further life.
(Following the sun)
Cause maybe on one of them,
You'll spend your further life.
(Following the sun)
Cause maybe on one of them,
(Following)
You'll spend your further life.
(Following)
*Following The Sun* ~ by Enigma
I put for adoption this Lillith doll I customized two years ago. Her name is now Lily. She has been fully rerooted with two shades of brown Saran hair, and she has been fully repainted with high quality acrylics. She has also gotten rooted upper eyelashes and body enhancements, like moles and a French manicure and pedicure. I put a tiny signature on the back of her head and sealed all her paint with matte and gloss sealers. She comes nude with a signed certificate of authenticity by me.
The only Eden/Lillith doll I have sold so far went for over $400, but I asked for just half of that for this doll since I spotted some slight yellowing on her upper body. As you can see, it's impossible to spot in these photos, but I still basically sold just Lily's head and I'm giving the enhanced body for free. LILY HAS FOUND A NEW HOME! THANK YOU!
I'm currently studying and testing how to restore yellowing bodies, so I likely won't put another offer like this out there after this. ;-)
I can't help but place this frog (or toad) at a bar somewhere, waiting for the barkeep to pour his shot while he pours his heart out to the barkeep. "She left me, Wade, she left me. Mucking around with a snake, she was. My life's over. Make haste with the whisky, man."
Anyway, went to Ralph Stover State Park again yesterday to wander aimlessly about. The place was swarming with tiny frogs (or toads) like this one. Baby frogs? Mini-frogs?
Nay, the scientific term is "froglet."
Anyway, more frog/toad/froad/tog shots will arrive shortly.
I put this portrait version on originally www.flickr.com/photos/koisty/8085699480/ but when I saw the thumbnail of it I decided it looked good as a square, so I did a slight re-edit and I definitely prefer the square version.
For the rest of my 52 week project see here www.flickr.com/photos/koisty/sets/72157629292341434/
While I was on the road for my job, I came across a tracked dumper at a building site. And since I wanted to build a line of tracked vehicle's for a while, I decided to start with this. All other (way more ambitious) plans were put on hold. It was actually quite fun to design and learned me to work with the track links in LDD. If you like this , expect some more of this. In the last three pictures you see it on a purpose made trailer towed behind the good old M.A.N. 453 6X6 .
The last set of photos to put up from Sparkle weekend.
On the Sunday afternoon in Sackville Gardens watching the performances and chatting away to those gorgeous ladies. The lovely Gill Burgess in her White shirt dress looking fabulous, Tara in her short blue printed dress and me and the beautiful Emily Summers in similar stunning floral dresses. A fantastic way to spend what was a beautiful Sunday Afternoon so relaxing and just being our true selves 😊 xx ❤️❤️
This is one of the series of selfportraits I took for the International Photography Festival TPP 2013. I have been honoured and delighted to take part in one of the exhibitions. This is not the exhibiting shot as the festival hasn´t started yet and I wanted it to be seen in the museum first. I´ll put that one up in a couple of days.
Nice weekend to you all!!
I put these photos into the "Denver 1947-50" Flickr album, even though they were all taken in Utah -- because they were apparently taken during the period after my family had moved from Washington out to Denver, where Ray attended college on the GI Bill.
Apparently we visited Ray's parents sometime during that first summer; they had a farm in a very small town called Jensen -- east of Vernal,and near the Green River.
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This is me, at approx 3 years of age, at the (Ike & Mabel) Yourdon family farm in Utah.
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All of the photos in this album are “originals” from the 3-month period that my family spent in Denver from 1947-50 — i.e., the period before I lived in Omaha, Riverside, Roswell, Ft. Worth and a separate stay in Denver in 1951-53 (which you may have seen already in my Flickr archives).
Before I get into the details, let me make a strong request — if you’re looking at these photos, and if you are getting any enjoyment at all of this brief look at some mundane Americana from 65+ years ago: find a similar episode in your own life, and write it down. Gather the pictures, clean them up, and upload them somewhere on the Internet where they can be found. Trust me: there will come a day when the only person on the planet who actually experienced those events is you. Your own memories may be fuzzy and incomplete; but they will be invaluable to your friends and family members, and to many generations of your descendants. (Actually, I should listen to my own advice: unlike my subsequent visits to Roswell, Riverside, and Omaha I did not even track this early home down, let alone take any photos.)
So, what do I remember about the 3 early-childhood years that I spent in Denver? Since I was only 3 years old when we first moved there, the simple answer is: hardly anything. Here are the few random memories that I can dredge up:
1. I don’t think my Dad had even seen the ocean as a boy, but that didn’t stop him from enlisting in the Navy a while after he graduated from high school (there weren’t many other jobs on the Utah-Colorado border in those Depression-era days). He got sent out to the Pacific on some kind of naval vessel … and as it turned out, his ship was behind schedule getting back to home port in Hawaii on the evening of December 6, 1941. The submarine nets into Oahu harbor had been drawn closed, and his ship had to anchor outside … which helps explain why his ship didn’t end up at the bottom of the harbor the next morning.
2. Fifty years later, on December 7, 1991, I happened to be in a big park in downtown Tokyo, surrounded by thousands of young Japanese citizens, cheering as they waved their red-and-white national flags back and forth — waiting for a glimpse of the new Japanese empress, who was being presented to the public for the first time after her wedding. I heard someone near me speaking in English, so I asked him if he thought there was anything special about the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. He was polite, but he was also puzzled and confused: he had never heard the phrase before.
3. But I digress … Dad eventually got back to the U.S. and left the Navy in 1947 while stationed in Washington, DC. Like so many of his generation, he decided to go to college, with most expenses paid for by the G.I. Bill. He managed to get into Denver University, and he went on ahead of my mother and me. I vaguely remember that we took the train all the way out there. (I probably don’t remember it at all; but my mother repeatedly told me about some strange man grabbing me out of her arms, and dashing off to the restroom on the train … all I know is that we arrived in Denver safely.)
4. We lived in an old form of military housing, known as Quonset Huts, at the edge of the D.U. campus, and I had a tiny bedroom to myself. I have only a few memories of the place: during the brutally-cold winters, Dad would use a garden hose to fill the tiny patch of grass outside the front door with a sheet of water … which froze, and provided the neighborhood kids with a place to ice-skate.
5. Though it wasn’t a hardship, I do remember that we had relatively little money for food. My grandparents still lived out near the Utah-Colorado border (just south of the small town of Vernal), and once a week they would send a dozen fresh eggs to us, packed in a carefully padded wooden box. We also made our own ice cream, and I’ll never forget the time Dad used some food-coloring to make blue ice-cream. I had no idea that ice cream could be any color other than brown (chocolate) or white (vanilla).
6. During our last year in Denver, I attended kindergarten. I was allowed to walk to school, which felt like it was miles away, across several interstate highways. But there were no Interstates at the time, and it was probably just a two-lane street a few blocks away…
7. At Christmas and a few other times of the year, we drove from Denver to spend the holidays with my grandparents. Not only were there no Interstate highways in those days, but there were also no ski resorts: no Vail, no Aspen. I think we drove on the old highway U.S. 40, and we went through a mountain pass (Rabbit Ear pass?) that was always snow-filled, bitter-cold, and dangerous in the winter. Invariably, Dad had to stop to put tire-chains on the car, a process that entailed much cursing and yelling. But we always got there.
8. Dad went to school 12 months of each year, and got a B.S. in Electrical Engineering after just 3 years, in June of 1950. I was allowed to wear his graduation cape and gown for a few minutes, and I snuck a paper airplane into the huge gymnasium where friends and families gathered to watch the graduation ceremony. We were way in the back, way up high; and I was convinced that my airplane would sail all the way across the gym, if only I could throw it. If only, if only … but I didn’t.
9. Dad must have gotten a job (back in Glen Oaks, NY) right away, and their lease/rental of the Quonset Hut must have ended at about the same time. I mention that only because he drove back East alone, leaving me and my very pregnant mother behind. We lived in a tiny apartment at an old Air Force base at the edge of Denver (Buckley Field?) until July, when it was time for my mother to head to the hospital and deliver my sister, Patrice. Meanwhile, I was picked up by Dad’s older brother, and driven all the way out to Utah to spend a week with my grandparents … before everyone reconnected in Denver, and we took an airplane flight back East.
10. There is probably more … but that’s all I can remember at this point...
To put into historical perspective just how revolutionary this aero bicycle is, you must step back in time to 1984. Virtually all designers in the cycling aerodynamics sphere in the 80s were focused on the bicycle itself and its components. The search was on for "nominal gains". Funny bikes were all-the-rage at this time. Aero bike components were in vogue and getting a lot of attention too. Unfortunately, in the big picture, these improvements provided only modest aerodynamic gains. Conversely, My focus was on the rider, because a rider was responsible for about 80% of their overall wind resistance. It was my hope, that by focusing on the rider, I would have the greatest opportunity to achieve what I call technological exploitation. This is precisely why I focused my research on the object with the most drag. If I could make an improvement to the aerodynamic drag of a rider, it would be a major breakthrough in efficiency. I also have to give credit here to Tony Maier-Moussa, of Assos fame. Like myself, Assos founder, Tony Maier-Moussa was also focused on holistic (overall) speed improvement. Tony Maier-Moussa's game-changing lycra skin suits revolutionized bicycle racing clothing. Assos skinsuits substantially reduced wind drag by fitting tightly and by not flapping in the wind. While other designers of our era were busy chasing modest aero gains, Tony Maier-Moussa and I both made the decision to focus on SUBSTANTIAL aerodynamic gains.
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Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Doctor, Doctor, I've got an emergency
It seems I'm head over heels, a case of L-O-V-E
It's like I'm glowing inside
Yeah, a light I can't hide
And if this feeling is bad then I don't wanna be right
What I've got in my soul gives me the highest delight
Oh yeah it's better than drugs
In fact it's sent from above, huh huh
Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it
Family Force 5~ Love Addict
To put it simply, Dankin is a mess. Both elevators are in terrible shape, exposed to the elements with no one to care for them. About a year ago, the elevator in the background lost it's top cupola in a windstorm after it had been just barely clinging on for a while. The former agent's office in the foreground, which belonged to the other elevator out of frame, is in shambles. Pieces of all three structures lay strewn about the place, some bits even having spread about in the farmers field behind like a warzone. A few gas tanks, presumably for the engine that once would have been housed within the office, lay scattered here and there. It's a mess, but it's almost a sort of peaceful one. As if these elevators have done their fair share of work, and are resting now, sleeping.
Before the opening set by The Bad Man, at the Replacements Tribute show at the Turf Club, in St. Paul, MN.