Tag Archives: Friends

A Grand Day Out

Posted on June 17, 2020 by krikitarts

During our first escape from the city, about which I wrote a couple of posts ago, while we were in the Hamilton Gardens, we corralled the four grands together for a group shot. CD and I, and all their parents, … Continue reading →

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Melancholy Monday: Sunset silhouette

Posted on March 3, 2015 by krikitarts

It’s Melancholy Monday again. It’s appropriate because I’m just a bit lonely. I returned from a month in New Zealand four weeks ago and have been here alone since then (except for my amazingly wonderful blackitty, Leo the Magnificent). CD … Continue reading →

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Long may you live and prosper in memory

Posted on February 28, 2015 by krikitarts

It is very unusual for me to post twice in one day, but I need to send this out today, because another legend has passed on to another plane. I heard the news this morning that Leonard Nimoy is no … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a young friend

Posted on August 24, 2014 by krikitarts

This summer, while Squiddy and her family were with us up at the lake in Minnesota, some good friends of theirs came to visit for a few days. Their daughter Sassa is very close to the same age as The … Continue reading →

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About Face (3)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by krikitarts

An old friend has fallen. I have enjoyed finding what look like faces in nature for many years and I have posted some of them in the past. I included one of my favorites, formed by old scars in the … Continue reading →

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Reviewing (and reflecting on) 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by krikitarts

A most memorable year it has been, in many ways.  It would be not be at all difficult to provide full descriptions of the events that have helped to make it so, but I think it’s best to keep my … Continue reading →

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Belated birthday bulletin

Posted on November 4, 2012 by krikitarts

My report on my birthday celebration, nearly a month ago, is long overdue.  As I’ve reported in the past, I traditionally invite my three best friends up to the cabin for a week of music and photography, and this year … Continue reading →

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Aftermath, Part 5, Post 2

Posted on October 10, 2011 by krikitarts

It’s October 9, the date of my dad’s birthday (he would have been 99) and three days after mine (I am now 67), and I am in a wonderful mood of peace and reverie here in our cabin in northern … Continue reading →

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Winfield—Woes, Wonders, and Weather

Posted on September 23, 2011 by krikitarts

Back in June, I think it was, an old friend and musical compatriot, Tom, got it into his head to enter the 40th annual International Guitar Championships in association with the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, scheduled to take … Continue reading →

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Hello summer—addendum

Posted on June 5, 2011 by krikitarts

As it turned out, my complacent pooh-poohing of the storm warning was sadly premature, and the NOAA weather forecasters knew what they were broadcasting about on that fateful Memorial Day.  A storm cell started growing in South Dakota around 4 … Continue reading →

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