Brief entry based on my journal writing early morning on January 1. Funny humans... always setting milestone days to achieve some sudden change like rebooting a life, pledging habit-shift intentions, and other follies of coming up short at present mindedness, living-in-the-moment-ism, and just enjoying the journey with a daily focus. How we live lives in… Continue reading New Year’s Day Meh: From the Journal
There's a community art experience that happens in Ann Arbor every year about this time. On April 1, a fool's national holiday, FoolMoon takes over Ann Arbor for an evening of lights and downtown strolling and foolery. Then on Sunday, April 3, the FestiFools annual parade of fantastical, colorful puppets takes over State street near… Continue reading Fools Can Be Fun
There is something about how hiking in the silence of a desert that is addictive, as though this absence of civilized noise experienced miles into the hike is something you’ve craved your whole life but didn’t know it. The experience is not truly silent, respective to the definition. You hear your breath, rhythmically marching and… Continue reading Desert Silence
Yesterday’s post showed a few of the 150+ vehicles available at the Cloud Museum. I thought it was interesting that while I appreciated the restored models, I was more in touch with the well-used, rusting hulks that predominately cover the outdoor part of the museum. Something about that patina and what must have been (at… Continue reading Time Machine: Cloud Museum Part 2 – Antiques & Ephemera
Cloud Museum Between Yuma, AZ, and the Imperial Dam LTVA (long-term visitor area) where I've been hiding from nasty Michigan winters for the last few months, there is a private collection of cars and machines from a bygone era. The Cloud Museum is one person's vast lifetime collection of vehicles, antiques, and ephemera from the… Continue reading Time Machine: Cloud Museum Part 1 – Autos
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