Notes From The Woodshed
Today is the second Monday of the year. But, it’s the first Monday “in the office” for most people....
Today is the second Monday of the year. But, it’s the first Monday “in the office” for most people....
Has this blog changed or has the blogger who writes here changed? After all don't we blog, at...
About pages didn't matter much when blogging started. But now they are important. Writing them though isn't easy.
This month’s wallpaper is the last image I took in 2011. It was a seriously wet end to the...
I love the title of this old ad, for Western Electric radios: Begin Without Disappointments. It’s my motto for...
For the first time since 2006, I’m ending a year feeling good about the state of this blog. My...
I love watching films, writing about films and doing the whole geeky/nerdy thing of putting films in lists and...
I’m going to wade into murky waters here, by offering up my 25 favourite songs of 2011. Are these...
Christmas begins tonight in our household. We share a Christmas dinner, say some prayers, open presents, tell stories, and...
I love Christmas – I love the serious, spiritual symbolism and the cheesy, crassly commercial chintz. I’ll take it...
For the past few weeks I’ve building my guitar practice sessions around Guitar Etudes – Warmup Exercises for Guitar...
This morning I was reading Eric Beall comment on Berklee’s recent Perfect Pitch music and songwriting event. What Berklee...
For the last few weeks I’ve been reading David duChemin’s new book Photographically Speaking. Like the other books David...
“When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is. And your...
Recently I’ve been asked if this blog is “changing direction.” The short answer is no, not really. This blog...
Around this time last year I wrote two lists; of things I wanted more and less of in my...