You “MUST” be on Facebook/LinkedIn/GooglePlus/Twitter to be considered a serious promoter of your work. Oh yeah? Do I really need more time on the computer, with “virtual” friendships? I’ve heard that Facebook is like the backyard barbecue, another one whose name I’ve forgotten is like the bar scene, and LinkedIn has been compared to the […]
Reading Rabbit Returns
For some reason, reading becomes a topic of discussion in newspapers, magazines and blogs in the summer. Are we all so ingrained with the idea that summer is filled with leisure activities that we all just read in summer? Yep. 1. A Train Called Forgiveness, an audio book by Dan Erickson. I listened to a […]
Trail Work in Mineral King
Trail Guy and I have a weird hobby. When we hike, we like to improve trails. We toss rocks off, scrape out places for water to drain off the trail, improve water bars and just generally take notes on trails. A favorite walk of mine is the almost 2 miles to the Franklin Creek crossing. […]
Tee Shirt Season in Mineral King
Yep, hawking those Mineral King tee shirts again. We are calling them Trail Guy Tee Shirts. Cute, yes? Here is the men’s shirt in action: This man usually wears a size Large. This is a Large. No problem. Here is the women’s: This is a women’s medium, which is the equivalent of a 8-10. […]
Something Fun for Color Junkies
A few years ago I was at my local yarn store. There were some bins of sale yarns. I could not concentrate until I had arranged the yarns in those bins by color. The woman working there at the time told me it was because I am a color junkie. WOW! A term to describe […]
Mineral King Road Lore
On the Mineral King Road there are 4 water troughs. Some years I think I will memorize the elevations and mileage markers. More realistically, I can remember their names and order of appearance. This one is called Trauger’s, after Mr. and Mary Trauger (what was her hubby’s name? She was the one everyone talks about!) […]
A Lavender Painting
This is a view of my friend Barbara’s French Lavender in Three Rivers. Livingston Lavender Farms, named after her grandmother who built the home, will be open soon for you to come harvest lavender. June 15? More will be revealed. Imagine a blank journal with lines inside and this painting on the cover for around […]
More about lavender
My amazing friend Barbara grows lavender. She opens her lavender gardens (or is it a farm?) to the public each June when the lavender is at its peak. People can harvest bunches of lavender. The dates of this event are a little squishy, because the bloom is dependent on the weather. This year, it is […]
Color Lesson: About Lavender
First, a confession. I thought “lavender” was spelled “lavendar”. Really! Me, the Typo-Psycho! I was getting it mixed up with “calendar”. This is a prime example of the Middle-Aged-Mush-Brain I am currently experiencing. Now that I know how to spell it properly, let’s talk about it. Lavender is light purple. I used to hate that […]
Official Opening Weekend in Mineral King
Memorial Day is the traditional opening weekend in Mineral King. Sometimes it snows. It can be downright beautiful, or it can be stinkin’ cold. Some years there has been too much snow to open until June. Not so in 2013. It is tee shirt season, and Trail Guy has the Mineral King tees at […]